The Board found no evidence of a current diagnosis of a chronic bilateral shin disorder and denied the Veteran's claim for service connection. The Veteran is also seeking an initial compensable evaluation for his lumbosacral strain, but as this issue was not addressed in the decision summary, it remains pending.
The deciding factor: The medical evidence did not indicate a current diagnosis of a chronic bilateral shin disorder and thus no service connection could be established.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral shin disorder, lumbosacral strain/limbus at L5
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 22, 2009
- Citation
- 0948137
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for a bilateral shin disorder, finding it to be secondary to the Veteran's service-connected bilateral knee disability.
- Dismissed
The Veteran's claims for service connection for a bilateral ankle disorder, bilateral shin disorder, and left knee disorder were improperly docketed in the AMA. As it pertains to these issues, the appeal was dismissed.
- Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's current bilateral shin disorder is proximately due to his service-connected bilateral pes planus, and thus grants service connection for this condition as secondary.
- Denied
The Board has determined that the Veteran's bilateral shin disorder, diagnosed as exertional compartment syndrome, is not related to his service. The preponderance of evidence shows no correlation between his current condition and events during military service.
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