The Veteran's claim for service connection for residuals of bilateral stress fractures with bilateral tibial shin splints is reopened, and the appeal is granted. The Board also remanded the issue of entitlement to service connection for disability of the bilateral lower extremities.
The deciding factor: New evidence received since the last denial relates to unestablished facts necessary to substantiate the Veteran's claim (i.e., that he has current disabilities of the lower extremities) and raises a reasonable possibility of substantiating the claim.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of bilateral stress fractures with bilateral tibial shin splints, bilateral lower extremity disabilities
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- June 8, 2022
- Citation
- 22033577
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board allowed the benefit or issue identified in this decision. Review the original order: other issues in the same appeal may have a different outcome, and this decision does not predict another claim.
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).
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- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
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- Whole decision: Remanded (sent back)
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- Whole decision: Granted
The Veteran was granted a TDIU from December 10, 2003 to March 24, 2007 due to his service-connected lumbar spine and bilateral lower extremity disabilities preventing him from securing and following substantially gainful employment.
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