The Board has granted service connection for bilateral shin splints and assigned a noncompensable rating. Initial ratings of 10 percent have been granted for right and left patellofemoral pain syndrome.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner concluded that the current bilateral tibial pains are not shin splints, but rather another condition based on the absence of resolution with rest.
- Claimed conditions
- Bilateral Shin Splints, Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome (Right), Patellofemoral Pain Syndrome (Left)
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- August 16, 2010
- Citation
- 1030680
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