The Board has denied service connection for left and right calf disabilities, shin splints of the right leg, and right carpal tunnel syndrome. The claim for an acquired psychiatric disorder remains pending.
The deciding factor: The evidence does not support a finding that any of these conditions were incurred in or aggravated by service.
- Claimed conditions
- left calf disability, right calf condition, shin splints of the right leg
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 30, 2024
- Citation
- A24061921
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- Remanded (sent back)
The Veteran's appeal seeking revision or reversal of the August 2011 decision on service connection for shin splints of the right leg is dismissed.,The Veteran's appeal seeking revision or reversal of the August 2011 decision on service connection for shin splints of the left leg is dismissed.,The Veteran's appeals seeking revision or reversal of the August 2011 decisions on service connection for chronic fatigue syndrome (CFS), sinusitis, a right shoulder condition, and a back condition are remanded.
- Granted
The Veteran's chronic sinusitis is granted as service-connected.,The Veteran's shin splints of the left leg and right leg are both granted as secondary to his service-connected lumbar strain.,The Veteran's left sciatic radicular pain and paresthesia and right sciatic radicular pain and paresthesia are both granted as secondary to his service-connected lumbar strain.,These grants of service connection are effective from the date of the decision, January 27, 2026.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the case due to a procedural error in providing notice of the Veteran's right to a hearing.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand the Veteran's claims for service connection due to the need for additional examinations and evaluations.
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