The Board denied the veteran's claims for increased evaluations for his service-connected disabilities, including status-post stress fractures of both feet and shin splints in the right leg, as well as a TDIU.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence did not show that the veteran's conditions warranted higher ratings or that they precluded employment.
- Claimed conditions
- status-post stress fracture, left foot, status-post stress fracture, right foot, shin splints, right leg
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 16, 2008
- Citation
- 0816223
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Decisions by this judge: 2,035 · Granted: 30% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's claims for service connection for left knee strain, right knee strain, shin splints of the right leg, and shin splints of the left leg are being remanded due to a failure to obtain VA examinations and medical nexus opinions.
- Dismissed
The Veteran has withdrawn all pending appeals, effective June 17, 2025.
- Granted
The Board has granted an earlier effective date of March 7, 2017 for the evaluation of shin splints in both legs. The Veteran's claim was continuously pursued from the initial filing.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for left and right leg shin splints, but denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss. The right foot great toe strain issue was remanded.
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