The Board has denied service connection for fallen arches due to lack of medical evidence supporting the diagnosis. The claim for shin splints remains pending and requires further development.
The deciding factor: There is no current diagnosed condition of fallen arches, but there are in-service complaints and treatment records indicating shin splints which have not been resolved or linked to service connection.
- Claimed conditions
- fallen arches, shin splints of the left lower extremity
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- April 8, 2010
- Citation
- 1013320
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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.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and remanded the claims for degenerative arthritis with degenerative disc disease other than intervertebral disc syndrome and retrolisthesis L2-L3, degenerative arthritis, other than post-traumatic, right knee, lateral collateral ligament sprain (chronic/recurrent), left ankle, right ankle, generalized anxiety disorder (GAD), tinea pedis, fallen arches, and left knee instability due to inadequate VA medical opinions.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for bilateral hearing loss and an initial rating in excess of 10 percent for shin splints of the left lower extremity, as there was no evidence of a current disability that met VA compensation criteria.
- Partly granted
The Board granted service connection for dermatitis, chronic fatigue syndrome, left knee disorder, left ankle disorder, and lumbar spine disorder. The initial ratings for right knee patellofemoral pain syndrome and shin splints of the left lower extremity were denied.
- Dismissed
The veteran withdrew her appeal for all service connection claims, and the Board dismissed the case.
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