The Board has denied service connection for residuals of a tubal ligation and remanded the issue of service connection for bilateral leg disabilities, to include shin splints.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's current disability is not shown as she underwent an elective sterilization procedure during service which resulted in no residual disability. For the bilateral leg disabilities, additional development is needed due to conflicting theories of entitlement and lack of a medical opinion on causation or aggravation.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of tubal ligation, bilateral lower extremity disability (shin splints)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 6, 2021
- Citation
- 21062114
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