The Veteran's appeal is being remanded for additional development, including new VA examinations to assess the severity of his service-connected right shoulder and bilateral shin splint disabilities. The claim will be reconsidered after this additional development.
The deciding factor: The Board has determined that further examination is necessary in order to comply with recent legal mandates regarding range of motion testing and functional ability assessments for joint disabilities.
- Claimed conditions
- right lower extremity shin splints, left lower extremity shin splints, right shoulder degenerative joint disease with deformed clavicle
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- February 6, 2018
- Citation
- 1807766
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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: Granted
The Board has granted service connection for bilateral shin splints and bilateral ankle stress fractures, finding that the Veteran's current conditions are related to her active duty service.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has granted service connection for chronic right wrist sprain, lumbosacral strain, a right knee disorder (right knee strain, meniscal tear, chondromalacia, and posterosuperior marginal patellar spur), left lower extremity shin splints, and right lower extremity shin splints. These conditions are considered to be directly related to service.
- Whole decision: Granted
Right upper and left upper extremity carpal tunnel syndromes, right knee arthritis, and left knee arthritis are granted.,Right hand disability is denied. Bilateral hearing loss, migraine headaches, sleep apnea, shin splints in both lower limbs, hallux valgus in both feet, and bilateral plantar fasciitis with calcaneal heel spurs are all granted initial ratings or effective dates prior to July 27, 2021.,GERD is granted an initial rating of 10 percent.
- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral shin splints due to inadequate VA examination opinions and failure to address the Veteran's contentions regarding in-service running.
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