The Veteran's service-connected calcaneal spur of the left ankle has been rated at 20 percent disabling, and the Board finds that this rating is appropriate based on the evidence showing marked limitation of motion without ankylosis or other significant functional impairment.
The deciding factor: The VA examinations showed no ankylosis or significant functional impairment such as loss of effective function due to pain, weakness, lack of endurance, or incoordination. The Veteran's symptoms were primarily related to pain and limited range of motion during repetitive testing.
- Claimed conditions
- calcaneal spur of the left ankle
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- April 25, 2017
- Citation
- 1713411
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What this means for you
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What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal is remanded due to a lack of recent VA examination and outstanding treatment records. The case will be reconsidered after the requested development.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's service connection claim for residuals of a left ankle injury is granted, finding that his credible account of an inservice injury and treatment therefor supports a grant of service connection.
- Whole decision: Dismissed
The Veteran's appeal has been withdrawn due to the appellant requesting withdrawal of the appeal.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased ratings for his service-connected lumbar myositis, psychoneurosis and conversion hysteria, residuals of shrapnel wounds of the left thigh and pelvis with retained foreign bodies and scars, and residuals of shell fragment wounds of the right thigh and left leg. The veteran was also denied entitlement to a total disability rating based on individual unemployability due to service-connected disabilities.
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