The Board has granted a rating of 20 percent for the Veteran's chronic right ankle sprain with degenerative joint disease, effective from the date of the decision.
The deciding factor: The evidence showed marked limitation of motion in the right ankle throughout the appeal period, warranting the highest possible rating under the old criteria for DC 5271.
- Claimed conditions
- Chronic Right Ankle Sprain, Degenerative Joint Disease (DJD) of the Right Ankle
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- February 22, 2023
- Citation
- 23010882
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- Denied
The Board denied entitlement to a rating in excess of 10 percent for the right ankle disability prior to September 1, 2020, and in excess of 20 percent thereafter, as well as total disability due to individual unemployability.
- Denied
The Veteran's claims for service connection for right hip strain with limitation of abduction, extension, and flexion, left hip strain with limitation of extension and flexion, and chronic ankle sprain were denied in June 2017. The Veteran did not file a timely appeal.,The Veteran requested readjudication of her claims on May 13, 2021, but the effective date for service connection was determined to be May 13, 2021, as she did not submit a substantive appeal within the required time frame.
- Denied
The Veteran's right ankle scar and DJD were evaluated, with the scar rated at 0 percent and the DJD rated at 10 percent. The Board denied a higher rating for both conditions.
- Partly granted
The Veteran's initial claim for a higher rating for chronic right ankle sprain was denied. However, the Veteran's claim for increased ratings for migraine headaches prior to November 29, 2014, and thereafter, was granted with an effective date of November 29, 2014.
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