BVA Decisions on Ankle

46 real Board of Veterans' Appeals decisions on VA disability claims involving ankle. Each links to the full decision, reasoning, and citations.

• Case 94-503 — Affirmed November 5, 1997
  Savage, 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...
• Case 20-2118 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded June 24,2021
  VA also obtained a thyroid examination;the VA examiner noted that the appellant was diagnosed with hypothyroidism in 2009 and opined that the condition was not related to the nonst...
• Case 24-7325 — Vacated / Remanded / Affirmed December 11,2025
  The RO denied the claim as to the right shoulder because he had not submitted new and material evidence and as to the left shoulder because there was no evidence of nexus or of an ...
• Case 14-1297 — Affirmed March 30,2015
  The Board remanded the bilateral knee claim with instructions that VA obtain private treatment records and provide the appellant with a medical examination and opinion as to whethe...
• Case 23-3225 — Affirmed September 27,2024
  In February 2020,the Board determined that based on the evidence of record,an effective date earlier than November 1,2016, is not warranted....
• Case 08-2005 — Vacated / Remanded March 13,2009
  LANCE, Judge :The appellant,James Baker,through counsel,appeals a June 24,2008, Board of Veterans'Appeals (Board)decision that found new and material evidence had not been submitte...
• Case 23-6519 — Unknown January 17,2025
  In an April 2003 rating decision,the RO found no new and material evidence to reopen a claim for a right knee condition....
• Case 21-0347 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded November 8,2021
  The examiner is notified that findings of not due to, not caused by, and not related to are insufficient to address the question of aggravation....
• Case 24-293 — Unknown May 30,2025
  Specifically,the Board noted that the appellant reported to have received treatment for all his claim conditions at Munson Army Health Center in Ft....
• Case 18-4445 — Vacated / Remanded / Affirmed December 30,2019
  First,we are asked to decide whether the Board failed to discuss medical evidence showing that PVD of the left lower extremity had first manifested in January 2006 warranting an ea...
• Case 21-3087 — Vacated / Remanded / Affirmed June 16,2022
  The matter 3 returned to the Board in April 2009,and the Board denied the appellant's claim for benefits for a low back disability....
• Case 12-1043 — Affirmed September 25,2013
  Finally,the Board found that the appellant's bilateral knee and left ankle conditions were not etiologically related to his active duty military service....
• Case 21-0697 — Vacated / Remanded June 23,2022
  In the October 2020 decision on appeal,the Board denied an initial rating greater than 10% for tinea pedis with onychomycosis and denied service connection for a low back disabilit...
• Case 91-1082 — Vacated March 22, 1993
  The 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....
• Case 12-3649 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded June 30,2014
  As an initial matter,the Board found that VA had satisfied its duty to assist because (1)VA had obtained the veteran's SMRs and there was no indication in the record that additiona...
• Case 11-1074 — Vacated / Remanded February 12,2013
  Based upon these facts,and a discharge examination revealing no pulmonary abnormalities ,the physician concluded that the veteran had mild asbestosis but that it was more likely th...
• Case 23-6889 — Vacated / Remanded December 30,2024
  The Board noted that the 2011 claim was for shin splints....
• Case 15-3362 — Affirmed June 15,2016
  Perry ,appeals pro se an August 24,2015, Board of Veterans'Appeals (Board)decision that found that new and material evidence had not been submitted to reopen his previously denied ...
• Case 16-3738 — Affirmed February 6,2018
  In July 2007, the appellant underwent another VA examination with the same examiner, who diagnosed the appellant with lumbosacral strain with minimal arthritis and reiterated his o...
• Case 13-0949 — Vacated / Remanded September 8,2014
  Although most of his service medical records (SMRs)were destroyed in the 1973 fire at the 1 The Board also remanded the issue of whether new and material evidence had been received...
• Case 09-3437 — Remanded / Vacated May 19,2011
  Credibility Determination In his brief,the appellant makes several arguments with respect to his claim of entitlement to service connection for a left hip disability....
• Case 11-782 — Vacated / Remanded March 28,2013
  The Secretary asserts that the Board's decision should be vacated and the matter remanded because the Board failed to provided an adequate statement of reasons or bases for its dec...
• Case 20-5820 — Unknown October 29,2021
  PIETSCH, Judge :The appellant appeals the May 6,2020,Board of Veterans'Appeals (Board)decision in which the Board denied the petitions to reopen the previously denied claims of ent...
• Case 08-2682 — Remanded / Affirmed / Vacated October 19,2010
  In the decision here on appeal,the Board denied entitlement to service connection for PTSD, bilateral flat feet,a left ankle condition,right ear hearing loss,and tinnitus because i...
• Case 20-2734 — Unknown November 29,2021
  2 In the March 2020 decision on appeal, the Board found that Ms....
• Case 10-0889 — Vacated June 20,2011
  The Board noted that the appellant's service treatment records show no signs of a spine injury....
• Case 03-1575 — Affirmed / Vacated May 12, 2006
  Belbeck appeals, through counsel, a May 30, 2003, Board of Veterans' Appeals (Board) decision that found that new and material evidence had not been presented to reopen his previou...
• Case 23-2946 — Unknown September 30,2024
  The Board noted the veteran's April 2018 submission of articles discussing the presence of benzene in groundwater located at the U....
• Case 13-1860 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded July 23,2014
  In January 2012,the Board denied entitlement to a disability rating in excess of 10%for degenerative disc disease of the lumbar spine prior to June 27,2006,and a disability rating ...
• Case 12-0444 — Vacated / Affirmed / Remanded March 29,2013
  In the other decision,the Board denied entitlement to disability compensation for back and left leg disabilities,finding that the appellant's back condition is not related to servi...
• Case 17-4070 — Remanded / Vacated November 19,2018
  SCHOELEN, Judge :The appellant, Hiram Pedraza-Torres , through counsel,appeals an August 25,2017,Board of Veteran's Appeals (Board)decision in which the Board denied service connec...
• Case 11-0200 — Affirmed / Remanded May 17,2012
  First,she asserts that the Board erred in failing to award her a disability rating in excess of 10%for her hemorrhoid and lumbar spine claims....
• Case 19-3367 — Vacated / Affirmed November 3,2020
  We are first asked to decide whether the Board erred in upholding the propriety of the rating reduction for hearing loss....
• Case 16-2957 — Vacated / Remanded January 23,2018
  In a December 2006 decision,the Board denied the appellant's increased rating claim....
• Case 22061364 — Remanded November 2, 2022
  Establishing direct service connection generally requires (1) medical evidence of a current disability; (2) medical, or in certain circumstances, lay evidence of in-service occurre...
• Case 22-3078 — Vacated / Remanded May 16,2023
  On appeal,the appellant filed an informal brief in which he argued that the Board provided inadequate reasons,relied on inadequate examination reports,failed to ensure that VA sati...
• Case 10-2595 — Vacated / Remanded February 6,2012
  In October 2009,the appellant was provided a VA medical examination to analyze whether there is a nexus between his current disabilities and his service....
• Case 11-2345 — Vacated / Remanded August 30,2013
  On October 2,1980,the Board denied the appellant's headache claim....
• Case 17-0442 — Affirmed February 7,2018
  In February 2012,the RO did not reopen the appellant's claims because the evidence was not new and material....
• Case 21-8100 — Vacated / Remanded August 25,2023
  The March 2017 examiner provided a negative nexus opinion regarding the appellant's claim....
• Case 21-5002 — Remanded / Vacated January 6,2023
  Whether a medical opinion is adequate is a finding of fact,which this Court reviews under the 'clearly erroneous'standard....
• Case 18-6256 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded November 16,2021
  at 4155 (Substantive Appeal),and in 1983, the Board denied the claims,R....
• Case 23-4236 — Vacated / Remanded July 31,2024
  In the June 2023 decision on appeal, the Board denied reopening of the claim for service connection for left ankle disability....
• Case 24-3854 — Unknown September 23,2025
  February 2024 Board Decision In the February 2024 decision on appeal, the Board denied service connection for a right ankle condition....
• Case 24-2345 — Unknown April 30,2025
  Giles appeals the February 16,2024,Board of Veterans'Appeals (Board)decision in which the Board denied entitlement to service connection for (1)a right ankle disorder;(2)a left ank...
• Case 21-5285 — Unknown September 22,2022
  PIETSCH, Judge :The appellant, Richard Gutierrez , appeals a May 21,2021, Board of Veterans'Appeals (Board)decision in which the Board (1)dismissed the appeal of the issue of entit...