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.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner opined that the Veteran’s bilateral shin disorder was at least likely as not proximately due to or the result of his service-connected bilateral pes planus, based on the stress that flatfeet can place on lower leg muscles leading to chronic or recurrent shin splints and even stress fractures.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral shin disorder
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 26, 2018
- Citation
- 18121724
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- 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.
- 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.
- 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.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal includes claims for various conditions, including hypertension, psychiatric disorders, lung issues, head trauma, sleep apnea, headaches, and several other conditions. The Board has remanded the case due to a request for a videoconference hearing.
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