The Veteran seeks service connection for shin pain, which he claims is related to his in-service diagnosis of stress fractures/shin splints. The VA examiner found no pathology to render a diagnosis but did not address the possible etiology of the Veteran's shin pain as it relates to his shin splints during service.
The deciding factor: The VA examination did not provide an opinion on the likely etiology of the Veteran's shin pain, which is related to in-service shin splints and current symptomatology.
- Claimed conditions
- shin pain, stress fractures/shin splints
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 1, 2015
- Citation
- 1518811
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- Remanded (sent back)
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