The veteran's appeal is being remanded for further development, including a new VA examination and obtaining her treatment records from Dr. Fernandez.
The deciding factor: Further development is required due to the need for an updated medical evaluation of the veteran's service-connected shin splints and the need to obtain relevant medical evidence.
- Claimed conditions
- shin splints of the right leg, shin splints of the left leg
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 5, 2007
- Citation
- 0734822
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What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal seeking revision or reversal of the August 2011 decision on service connection for shin splints of the right leg is dismissed.,The Veteran's appeal seeking revision or reversal of the August 2011 decision on service connection for shin splints of the left leg is dismissed.,The Veteran's appeals seeking revision or reversal of the August 2011 decisions on service connection for chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), sinusitis, a right shoulder condition, and a back condition are remanded.
- Granted
The Veteran's chronic sinusitis is granted as service-connected.,The Veteran's shin splints of the left leg and right leg are both granted as secondary to his service-connected lumbar strain.,The Veteran's left sciatic radicular pain and paresthesia and right sciatic radicular pain and paresthesia are both granted as secondary to his service-connected lumbar strain.,These grants of service connection are effective from the date of the decision, January 27, 2026.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for various conditions, including bilateral plantar fasciitis, chronic pain syndrome, sciatic radicular pain of both legs, traumatic brain injury (TBI), shin splints of both legs, thoracic spondylosis, right shoulder strain, right wrist strain, acne, and allergic rhinitis.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for tinnitus and remanded claims for initial ratings in excess of 10 percent for shin splints, left leg; shin splints, right leg; and a compensable rating for genital herpes.
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