BVA Decisions on Ankle
53 real veterans-appeals decisions on VA disability claims involving ankle — Board of Veterans' Appeals decisions and U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims (CAVC) decisions, each labeled with its court. Each links to the full decision, reasoning, and citations.
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CAVCCase 96-1214 — Denied / Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded February 11, 1999In the May 28, 1996, BVA decision here on appeal, the Board denied service connection for wounds of the lower extremities, frostbite of the feet, a skin disorder of the feet, heari...
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CAVCCase 94-503 — Affirmed November 5, 1997Savage, appeals a March 16, 1994, decision of the Board of Veterans' Appeals (BVA or Board) that denied a claim of service connection for a right hip disability after determining t...
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CAVCCase 90-0818 — Unknown April 12, 1995In a July 1988 decision, the RO determined that the veteran had not submitted new and material evidence to reopen his claim because no medical records had shown a right-leg injury ...
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CAVCCase 94-1080 — Affirmed / Granted / Vacated November 26, 1996Subsequently, the RO and then the Board denied service connection for residuals of a head injury....
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CAVCCase 91-1082 — Vacated March 22, 1993The Board concluded that there was no evidence of MS in service or within the seven-year period for establishing service connection for MS on a presumptive basis (see 38 U....
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CAVCCase 94-322 — Remanded May 14, 1996A July 1992 RO decision on remand from the Board concluded that the evidence of record 7 did not "establish that [the appellant] met the definition of insanity as provided in 38 C....
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BVACase 22061364 — Granted / Denied / Remanded November 2, 2022Establishing direct service connection generally requires (1) medical evidence of a current disability; (2) medical, or in certain circumstances, lay evidence of in-service occurre...
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CAVCCase 92-622 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded March 6, 1995The appellant has filed a brief requesting that the Court vacate the Board's decision denying his claims for back condition and arthritis, reverse the Board's finding that the evid...
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CAVCCase 94-764 — Remanded / Affirmed / Vacated April 29, 1997In a December 1987 decision, the Board denied the § 351 DIC claim, finding that the "veteran's death was irrespective of the treatment provided and any factor arising from the trea...
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CAVCCase 96-1574 — Affirmed / Denied November 16, 1998In a November 3, 1973, BVA decision, the Board determined that "[t]he veteran does not have an identifiable disease entity involving the low back, thighs[,] and legs related to the...
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CAVCCase 90-1138 — Denied / Dismissed / Vacated / Remanded May 18, 1993The appellant's primary contention on appeal is that the Board erred in failing to award a service-connected rating for beriberi or beriberi heart disease....
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BVACase 23063112 — Dismissed / Granted / Remanded November 29, 2023New and material evidence has been received sufficient to reopen a previously denied claim for service connection of a respiratory condition, to include allergic rhinitis and sinus...
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CAVCCase 90-960 — Granted / Affirmed / Denied / Vacated / Remanded September 29, 1992Post-traumatic Stress Disorder When a veteran presents a well-grounded claim for service connection, the Secretary has a duty to assist the veteran in developing the facts pertinen...
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BVACase 23038858 — Granted / Denied / Remanded July 13, 202319-09 657 DATE: July 13, 2023 ORDER New and material evidence having been received, the claim of service connection for adjustment disorder is reopened and to this extent only, the...
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CAVCCase 99-2210 — Denied December 20, 20015 In a Supplemental Statement of the Case and Hearing Officer's Decision of August 1996, the RO sustained the prior finding that no new and material evidence had been submitted to ...
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BVACase 25002467 — Denied February 20, 2025Thus, the Board finds that VA has satisfied the duty to assist....
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CAVCCase 96-1596 — Granted / Affirmed September 8, 1998FARLEY, Judge: This is an appeal from an October 16, 1996, decision of the Board of Veterans' Appeals (BVA or Board) which found that the veteran had failed to submit new and mater...
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BVACase 24005610 — Granted / Denied / Remanded February 2, 202420-09 093 DATE: February 2, 2024 ORDER New and material evidence having been received, the claims of service connection for post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD), a lumbar spine di...
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BVACase 221110-294734 — Denied / Granted / Remanded December 20, 2024The Board must assess the credibility and weight of all the evidence, including the medical evidence, to determine its probative value, accounting for the evidence which it finds t...
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BVACase 210114-136617 — Granted / Denied / Remanded May 17, 2024If evidence was submitted either (1) during the period after the AOJ issued the decision on appeal and prior to the date the Board received the VA Form 10182, or (2) more than 90 d...
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BVACase 210413-152704 — Denied / Granted February 9, 2024Affording the Veteran the benefit of the doubt, the evidence demonstrates the Veteran has a right foot condition that was caused or aggravated by service-connect left foot and left...
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BVACase 220615-252249 — Granted / Denied / Remanded August 25, 2025e present disability and the disease or injury incurred or aggravated during service-the so-called "nexus" requirement....
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BVACase 220714-259014 — Denied / Remanded October 30, 2024If evidence was submitted during the period after the AOJ issued the decisions, which were subsequently subject to higher-level review the Board did not consider it in its decision...
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CAVCCase 90-476 — Denied / Reversed / Vacated February 6, 1992On April 26, 1960, the VA Regional Office (VARO) rating board denied service connection for psychoneurosis mixed type and rupture of nucleus pulposis with nerve root compression L-...
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BVACase 220615-251909 — Denied / Granted / Remanded January 7, 2025Service Connection Generally, in order to prove service connection, there must be competent, credible evidence of (1) a current disability, (2) in-service incurrence or aggravation...
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CAVCCase 95-904 — Affirmed October 15, 1999The Board determined that his claims for service connection for a seizure disorder and a neck disorder were not well grounded....
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BVACase 05-0808 — AffirmedIn its decision, the Veterans Court reviewed, as a question of fact under a clearly erroneous standard of review, the Board’s finding that, in the course of considering Mr....
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BVACase 09-2334 — Denied / DismissedAnderson argues that the Veterans Court erred in finding no CUE because the Board failed to apply: (1) the presumption of soundness; and (2) the benefit-of-the-doubt doctrine....
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BVACase 22-2575 — Remanded October 8, 20242015 examination was inadequate for evaluation purposes and the Board's finding to the contrary was clearly erroneous") (emphasis added)....
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CAVCCase 93-288 — Affirmed November 21, 1994In a June 24, 1985, decision, the RO denied reopening of both the TDIU and chest-condition claims because new and material evidence had not been presented....
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BVACase 24000293 — Denied / Granted January 3, 2024The Board will grant the Veteran the benefit of the doubt, and grant service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, variously diagnosed, pursuant to Clemons v....
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BVACase 24031166 — Denied / Remanded September 26, 2024The Veteran's right knee, bilateral shoulder, and bilateral elbow disabilities are not related to an in-service injury or disease, to include as due to service in Southwest Asia an...
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DecisionCase 240517-440505 — Denied / Remanded / Granted May 30, 2025Continuity of symptomatology may be shown by demonstrating "(1) that a condition was 'noted' during service or any applicable presumption period; (2) evidence of post-service conti...
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BVACase 210425-155589 — Denied / Remanded December 20, 2024To the extent the evidence is found in "approximate balance," the Board will afford the benefit of the doubt in favor of the Veteran....
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BVACase 19-2640 — UnknownGudinas challenges the DVA’s determination of the effective date for his 100 percent rating, arguing that his 2015 submission regarding PTSD constituted new and material evidence r...
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BVACase 04-0338 — Affirmed2007-7060 2 In May 1995, Jennings filed an application that was construed by the VA as an attempt to reopen his claim for service connection on new and material evidence grounds....
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CAVCCase 98-821 — Unknown July 27, 1999In the February 1998 BVA decision here on appeal, the Board denied as not well grounded the veteran's left-hip secondary-service-connection claim because he "ha[d] failed to show ....
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CAVCCase 96-853 — Affirmed December 2, 1997In January 1994, the VARO determined that the evidence submitted was not new and material....
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BVACase 24031104 — Denied September 25, 2024In the JMPR, the parties agreed the Board provided an inadequate statement of reasons and bases for its decision to the extent that it failed to address the probative value of an O...
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DecisionCase 24013314 — Granted / Denied / Remanded March 28, 2024For example, the JMPR noted that the Board failed to properly address whether a new examination of the left knee was required, whether the Veteran needed a period of total disabili...
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BVACase 200504-98676 — Remanded January 17, 2024If evidence was submitted either (1) during the period after the AOJ issued the decision on appeal and prior to the Board hearing, or (2) more than 90 days following receipt of the...
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CAVCCase 96-1253 — Affirmed May 11, 1999On appeal to the BVA, the Board determined that there was no reasonable basis in the evidence of record to show that the accident was caused by the appellant's thrill-seeking behav...
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CAVCCase 95-1280 — Unknown May 29, 1998Under the Court's present caselaw, a well-grounded claim for service connection generally requires (1) medical evidence of a current disability; (2) medical or, in certain circumst...
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BVACase 24028711 — Granted / Denied August 9, 2024When there is an approximate balance of positive and negative evidence regarding any issue material to the determination of the matter, the benefit of the doubt will be given to th...
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BVACase 220321-229078 — Denied / Remanded / Granted October 29, 2024Service connection generally requires (1) medical evidence of a current disability; (2) medical or, in certain circumstances, lay evidence of an in-service incurrence or aggravatio...
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BVACase 220623-256040 — Granted / Denied / Remanded December 11, 2024In the November 2019 examiner opined the Veteran's current lumbar spine arthritis is less likely than not related to military service, reasoning the radiologic examination in 2004 ...
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BVACase 220223-222178 — Denied / Remanded May 22, 2024FINDING OF FACT The Veteran is not service connected for the primary disability of PAD; the medical evidence weighs against finding that the claimed left hip disability was proxima...
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CAVCCase 93-686 — Vacated / Remanded November 1, 1995The appellant filed an appeal claiming that VA did not address the issue of his entitlement to a 100% rating from February 1990....
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BVACase 210922-186906 — Denied / Vacated August 27, 2024The Board denied the claim of entitlement to TDIU in a December 2016 decision....
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BVACase 19-5119 — Denied / Affirmed / VacatedSilva had failed to present new and material evidence in support of the claim....
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BVACase 24026705 — Granted / Remanded July 17, 2024Service Connection Generally, in order to prove service connection, there must be competent, credible evidence of (1) a current disability, (2) in-service incurrence or aggravation...
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CAVCCase 97-1993 — Affirmed November 19, 1999On appeal to the BVA, the Board determined that the appellant had not submitted evidence of a well-grounded claim for secondary service connection of degenerative joint disease in ...
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DecisionCase 23044869 — Denied August 11, 2023To the extent the evidence is found in "approximate balance," the Board will afford the benefit of the doubt in favor of the Veteran....