The Board denied service connection for left-ankle and right-ankle disorders, finding no evidence of a current disability or causation during service. The Veteran's symptoms were attributed to his service-connected hip disorder.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner found no current diagnosis associated with the claimed ankle disorders and determined that the Veteran’s subjective symptoms are not due to any specific musculoskeletal condition.
- Claimed conditions
- left-ankle disorder, right-ankle disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 18, 2020
- Citation
- 20020219
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the claims for service connection due to insufficient in-service medical records. The Veteran needs to provide information about his injuries and treatment during service, and VA will attempt to obtain any missing records.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for right-ankle disorder, lumbar-spine disorder (to include as secondary to a service-connected injury or disease), right-upper-extremity CTS, and left-upper-extremity CTS. The Board found no evidence of in-service injury or disease related to these conditions.
- Granted
The Veteran's disability evaluations for lumbar spine disorder, cervical spine disorder, left-shoulder disorder, right-wrist disorder, left-ankle disorder, and right-ankle disorder have been restored to their previous levels. No increased ratings are granted.
- Denied
The Veteran's appeal for restoration of a 10 percent disability evaluation for left-ankle disorder from October 1, 2014 through August 4, 2015 was denied. The appeal for an initial compensable rating for bilateral-foot skin disorder was also denied.
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