The Veteran's request for service connection for a bilateral shin disorder is remanded due to his request for a Board hearing.
The deciding factor: The Veteran requested a Board hearing, which requires the case to be remanded.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral shin disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- January 20, 2011
- Citation
- 1102337
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What this means for you
A remand sends an issue back for more development, often a new examination or missing records. It does not award the benefit or decide the final outcome. The original decision explains the additional work ordered.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: 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.
- Whole decision: 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.
- Whole decision: 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.
- Whole decision: 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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