The Board has denied the veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral shin splints, a respiratory condition, a heart condition described as tightness in the chest, and heat exhaustion due to lack of competent evidence of current disabilities related to these conditions during or after military service.
The deciding factor: There is no competent medical evidence showing current diagnoses for any of the claimed conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral shin splints, Respiratory condition, Heart condition, described as tightness in the chest, Heat exhaustion
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 12, 2007
- Citation
- 0707181
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