The Board has determined that the veteran's bilateral bunions were incurred during active service and granted service connection for them. However, the Board found no competent evidence linking a current diagnosis of shin splints to any incident of service.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence did not establish a link between the veteran's current shin splints and her service.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral Bunions, Shin Splints (causing leg pain)
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 20%
- Decision date
- July 1, 2003
- Citation
- 0314402
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