The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for shin splints, finding no competent evidence of a present disability and concluding that the preponderance of the evidence is against the claim.
The deciding factor: No competent medical evidence was provided to substantiate the veteran's claim of current shin splints disability related to his military service.
- Claimed conditions
- shin splints
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- February 5, 2001
- Citation
- 0103424
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What this means for you
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