The Board has determined that there is no evidence of current shin splints, recurrent UTIs, or migraine headaches related to service. The appellant's claims for these conditions are therefore denied.
The deciding factor: There is insufficient competent medical evidence linking the claimed disabilities to service.
- Claimed conditions
- shin splints (right leg), shin splints (left leg)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 30, 2007
- Citation
- 0702694
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