The Veteran's shin splints have increased in severity and warrant extraschedular consideration. The Board has ordered a new examination to determine the current severity of her service-connected bilateral shin splints.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's statements indicate that her shin splints are more severe and result in functional limitations not otherwise contemplated by the rating criteria, warranting extraschedular consideration.
- Claimed conditions
- right lower extremity shin splint, left lower extremity shin splint with knee strain
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 28, 2020
- Citation
- 20006325
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,341 · Granted: 33% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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