I found this:
http://www.orthoteers.com/(S(ou2zir4azkplpq5rem3ghqyn))/mainpage.aspx?article=88
It says:
The calcaneofibular ligament
A discrete, extra-articular, round ligament that spans the ankle and subtalar joints as it courses obliquely from the inferior tip of the distal part of the fibula to insert posteriorly on the mid-lateral part of the calcaneus.
Maybe that's the 'round' reference they made? They didn't do an MRI, though? That's how they find ligament issues...
I'm not a doctor, but I have had surgery to repair ankle ligaments (mine was the ATFL, though) - due to instability. I was repeatedly rolling the thing, causing damage.
I had wonderful luck seeing an Orthopedic/Sports Medicine doctor. He was very thorough, we tried physical therapy before surgery (no luck, kept spraining the thing)... less invasive is always my preference :) The PT helps to strengthen the muscles and tendons around there to try to get your ankle stabilized...
Anyway - if it were me, I'd make an appointment with an Ortho. I wouldn't be comfortable with the non-answer you've been given.
Thank you so very much for taking the time to post that. I agree that an ortho appointment is what is needed here but I have to run the course that the VA directs for me and wait until the PA I'm seeing now orders a referal. After that I could be waiting another 2 months to see an ortho PA then if I'm lucky I'll get to see an MD specializing in orthopedics.
As for the MRI.. no an MRI hasn't been ordered as of yet. As I said, the radiologist that read my first films stated I had a lateral avulsion fracture and you could clearly see a small piece of bone that looked to be floating around in my ankle. The second xrays showed no change and the radiologist that read that one is the one that suggested to my PA that it wasn't an avulsion fracture but this "rounding" thing of the ligament thus changing the course of treatment.
The "compression" therapy that was recommended has given some bit of relief but not in the way I was directed to use it. I have placed the compression sleeve on my ankle and then placed my walking boot on and the stability it provides has kept me almost pain free. I am seeing continued swelling and new brusing but I'm not in tears as I was before because it hurt so badly.
I will do some reading on the calcaneofibular ligament and see if an injury to that ligament matches up with where my pain, brusing and swelling are occuring. I am scheduled to return to the PA for a follow up in the second week of April. If I don't notice a significant improvement I will ask specifically for an Ortho consult and if he won't give me one, I'll see a private doctor as not being comfortably mobile is very taxing.