BVA Decisions on Ankle

90 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 23-6651 — Affirmed 2024-08-21
  In the October 2023 decision on appeal,the Board denied entitlement to benefits for degenerative arthritis;lumbosacral disc degeneration with herniated disc and moderate stenosis a...
• CAVCCase 24-1022 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded 2025-06-30
  The Board noted that neither the veteran nor his representative alleged any error with VA's duty to assist or a lack of substantial compliance with the September 2022 Board remand ...
• CAVCCase 96-1214 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded 1999-02-11
  In 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...
• CAVCCase 94-503 — Affirmed 1997-11-05
  The appellant, 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 determ...
• CAVCCase 20-2118 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded 2020-02-04
  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...
• CAVCCase 22-3013 — Vacated / Remanded 2022-03-01
  As for secondary service connection,the examiner found that [t]he two conditions are not medically related, [t]he claimed disorder is a separate entity entirely from the service[-]...
• CAVCCase 24-7325 — Vacated / Remanded / Affirmed 2025-12-11
  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 ...
• CAVCCase 11-0325 — Affirmed 2011-01-03
  The appellant appears to argue that the Board's determinations that he was not entitled to VA benefits for a left knee disability,sling palsy,and trauma to the left side of the wai...
• CAVCCase 14-1297 — Affirmed 2014-04-04
  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...
• CAVCCase 23-3225 — Affirmed 2013-02-20
  In February 2020,the Board determined that based on the evidence of record,an effective date earlier than November 1,2016, is not warranted....
• CAVCCase 15-3657 — Remanded / Vacated / Reversed / Affirmed 2015-05-28
  Finally,the Board denied effective dates earlier than March 5,2009,for the grants of service connection for right ear hearing loss and tinnitus....
• CAVCCase 21-3714 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded 2021-04-12
  In his brief,the appellant argued that the Board erred in relying on a medical opinion premised on medical treatises,without addressing the probative value of the opinion in light ...
• CAVCCase 08-2005 — Vacated / Remanded 2008-06-16
  LANCE, Judge :The appellant,the appellant,through counsel,appeals a June 24,2008, Board of Veterans'Appeals (Board)decision that found new and material evidence had not been submit...
• CAVCCase 23-6519 — Granted 2025-01-17
  In an April 2003 rating decision,the RO found no new and material evidence to reopen a claim for a right knee condition....
• CAVCCase 21-0347 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded 2020-09-29
  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....
• CAVCCase 23-5851 — Remanded / Vacated 2024-11-27
  The accompanying medical opinions concluded that the veteran's left and right foot conditions were less likely than not related to service because there was [n]o chronic evaluation...
• CAVCCase 24-293 — Remanded 2025-05-30
  Specifically,the Board noted that the appellant reported to have received treatment for all his claim conditions at Munson Army Health Center in Ft....
• CAVCCase 18-5936 — Remanded / Vacated 2018-07-02
  l the negative clinical opinions of record that found that appellant's right shoulder disability is not service connected....
• CAVCCase 90-0818 — Unknown 1995-04-12
  In 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 ...
• CAVCCase 24-0597 — Reversed 2025-04-29
  In a July 2010 Statement of the Case (SOC),the AOJ again declined to reopen claims for service connection for a bilateral knee condition and back condition,finding no new and mater...
• CAVCCase 94-1080 — Affirmed / Vacated 1996-11-26
  Subsequently, the RO and then the Board denied service connection for residuals of a head injury....
• CAVCCase 18-4445 — Vacated / Remanded / Affirmed 2018-04-20
  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...
• CAVCCase 21-3379 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded 2021-03-17
  Following the examination,VA sought an additional medical opinion,explaining that the prior examiner also noted a diagnosis of benign prostatic hypertrophy (BPH),a condition that i...
• CAVCCase 21-3087 — Vacated / Remanded / Affirmed 2021-01-19
  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....
• CAVCCase 12-1043 — Affirmed 2012-01-09
  Finally,the Board found that the appellant's bilateral knee and left ankle conditions were not etiologically related to his active duty military service....
• CAVCCase 19-5987 — Affirmed 2019-05-13
  The appellant ,through counsel appeals a May 13, 2019,Board of Veterans'Appeals (Board)decision that found that new and material evidence had not been submitted to reopen previousl...
• CAVCCase 15-2247 — Vacated / Remanded / Affirmed 2015-05-14
  The appellant ,appeals through counsel a May 14, 2015,decision of the Board of Veterans' Appeals (Board)that,among other things, denied service connection for a back disability aft...
• CAVCCase 21-0697 — Vacated / Remanded 2020-10-06
  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...
• CAVCCase 91-1082 — Vacated 1980-10-12
  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....
• CAVCCase 12-3649 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded 2011-06-09
  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...
• CAVCCase 09-3727 — Affirmed 2009-06-10
  Lay Testimony The appellant argues that the Board failed to consider credible lay evidence with regard to his service-connection claims for left knee disability,depression,back pai...
• CAVCCase 11-1074 — Vacated / Remanded 2011-01-14
  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...
• CAVCCase 23-0107 — Unknown 2022-11-21
  And the Board recognized that the veteran was competent to report his symptoms and to report,years after separation, when he was diagnosed with arthritis,but the Board found that t...
• CAVCCase 21-3036 — Vacated / Remanded 2021-02-02
  On February 2,2021,the Board denied a rating in excess of 20%for the back disability, including a separate rating for left and right lower extremity radiculopathy prior to August 1...
• CAVCCase 23-6889 — Vacated / Remanded 2024-12-30
  The Board noted that the 2011 claim was for shin splints....
• CAVCCase 24-0638 — Vacated / Remanded 2025-03-24
  The appellant argues that the Board erred by (1)failing to address favorable evidence and to lay a proper foundation for denying service connection for tinnitus;(2)failing to discu...
• CAVCCase 19-2640 — Reversed / Affirmed / Vacated 2021-04-16
  at 79,and he contended that when assigning the effective date VA had failed to consider and correctly apply 38 C....
• CAVCCase 21-0372 — Vacated / Remanded 2020-10-07
  Also,in denying a higher rating for coronary artery disease,the Board noted that the appellant's reporting of his symptoms is credible....
• CAVCCase 15-3362 — Affirmed 2015-08-24
  The appellant ,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...
• CAVCCase 21-4066 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded 2021-05-22
  In the May 2021 decision here on appeal, the Board denied the appellant....
• CAVCCase 06-488 — Vacated 2005-12-30
  HAGEL, Judge : the appellant appeals through counsel a December 30, 2005, Board of Veterans' Appeals (Board) decision in which the Board denied service connection for post- traumat...
• CAVCCase 23-5480 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded 2024-12-30
  The Board also found that new and material evidence had not been received and therefore declined to reopen a previously denied claim for disability compensation for an acquired psy...
• CAVCCase 21-1135 — Reversed 2021-01-07
  The Board noted that the August 2019 examiner considered the [v]eteran's contentions that he injured his neck while in service and that he still had symptoms....
• CAVCCase 16-3738 — Affirmed 2016-10-13
  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...
• CAVCCase 13-0949 — Vacated / Remanded 2013-02-28
  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...
• CAVCCase 24-0052 — Vacated / Remanded 2025-07-09
  The appellant argues that the Board erred by relying on June 2022 and January 2023 medical opinions,which were inadequate because the examiners did not address his lay statements r...
• CAVCCase 09-3437 — Remanded / Vacated 2009-06-29
  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....
• CAVCCase 11-782 — Vacated / Remanded 2011-03-02
  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...
• CAVCCase 09-1145 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded 2007-06-27
  Service-Connection Claims Establishing service connection generally requires (1)medical evidence of a current disability;(2)medical or,in certain circumstances, lay evidence of inc...
• CAVCCase 20-5820 — Unknown 2020-05-06
  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...
• CAVCCase 13-1865 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded 2013-05-22
  In the second decision on appeal (Decision 2),the Board denied the appellant....
• CAVCCase 20-4067 — Vacated / Remanded / Affirmed 2020-04-22
  In October 2006,the Board denied entitlement to higher disability ratings for the appellant's right shoulder disabilities....
• CAVCCase 08-2682 — Remanded / Affirmed / Vacated 2008-05-16
  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...
• CAVCCase 20-2734 — Unknown 2020-03-03
  2 In the March 2020 decision on appeal, the Board found that the appellant....
• CAVCCase 10-0889 — Vacated 2010-01-12
  The Board noted that the appellant's service treatment records show no signs of a spine injury....
• CAVCCase 94-322 — Remanded 1996-05-14
  A 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....
• CAVCCase 03-1575 — Affirmed / Vacated 2003-05-30
  The appellant 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 p...
• CAVCCase 23-2946 — Dismissed 2023-07-18
  The Board noted the veteran's April 2018 submission of articles discussing the presence of benzene in groundwater located at the U....
• CAVCCase 13-1860 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded 2013-05-15
  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 ...
• CAVCCase 12-0444 — Vacated / Affirmed / Remanded 2011-12-21
  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...
• CAVCCase 15-0491 — Vacated / Remanded / Affirmed 2014-11-25
  In the November 2014 decision on appeal,the Board found that the evidence did not support a finding of service connection for the claims on appeal....
• CAVCCase 21-0365 — Unknown 2020-11-05
  He also explained that the veteran's left shoulder condition was caused by use of a cane to stabilize a gait abnormality created by the left ankle injury and opined that both condi...
• CAVCCase 17-4070 — Remanded / Vacated 2017-08-25
  SCHOELEN, Judge :the appellant , through counsel,appeals an August 25,2017,Board of Veteran's Appeals (Board)decision in which the Board denied service connection for the left shou...
• CAVCCase 11-0200 — Affirmed / Remanded 2010-10-07
  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....
• CAVCCase 22-2229 — Unknown 2021-12-20
  Based on the evaluation,the examiner determined that the claimed cervical spine condition is less likely than not related to military service....
• CAVCCase 19-3367 — Vacated / Affirmed 2019-02-05
  We are first asked to decide whether the Board erred in upholding the propriety of the rating reduction for hearing loss....
• CAVCCase 16-2957 — Vacated / Remanded 2016-04-28
  In a December 2006 decision,the Board denied the appellant's increased rating claim....
• BVACase 22061364 — Remanded 2022-11-02
  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...
• CAVCCase 22-3078 — Vacated / Remanded 2022-04-20
  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...
• CAVCCase 10-2595 — Vacated / Remanded 2010-07-23
  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....
• CAVCCase 11-2345 — Vacated / Remanded 2011-04-28
  On October 2,1980,the Board denied the appellant's headache claim....
• CAVCCase 17-0442 — Affirmed 2017-02-08
  In February 2012,the RO did not reopen the appellant's claims because the evidence was not new and material....
• CAVCCase 21-8100 — Vacated / Remanded 2021-09-26
  The March 2017 examiner provided a negative nexus opinion regarding the appellant's claim....
• CAVCCase 21-5002 — Remanded / Vacated 2021-04-19
  Whether a medical opinion is adequate is a finding of fact,which this Court reviews under the 'clearly erroneous'standard....
• CAVCCase 18-0323 — Vacated / Remanded 2017-09-21
  The Board determined that a VA examination to evaluate the etiology of the right ankle disability and an addendum medical opinion as to whether there is clear and unmistakable evid...
• CAVCCase 92-622 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded 1995-03-06
  The 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...
• CAVCCase 18-6256 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded 2018-08-03
  at 4155 (Substantive Appeal),and in 1983, the Board denied the claims,R....
• CAVCCase 23-4236 — Vacated / Remanded 2024-07-31
  In the June 2023 decision on appeal, the Board denied reopening of the claim for service connection for left ankle disability....
• CAVCCase 14-2683 — Affirmed / Vacated / Remanded 2014-05-28
  ANALYSIS Establishing service connection generally requires medical or,in certain circumstances,lay evidence of (1)a current disability;(2)an in-service incurrence or aggravation o...
• CAVCCase 20-7109 — Unknown 2020-06-15
  In its June 2020 decision,the Board determined that the appellant's cervical spine condition is not causally or etiologically due to service,nor is it proximately due to or aggrava...