The Board granted service connection for left and right lower extremity shin splints, finding a causal relationship between the current disability and an in-service diagnosis of shin splints.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran's bilateral shin splints are causally related to his service based on continuity of symptomatology and the Veteran's competent and credible statements.
- Claimed conditions
- left lower extremity shin splints, right lower extremity shin splints
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 9, 2024
- Citation
- A24064429
What this means for you
A partial grant means some issues were granted while others were denied or remanded — common in multi-issue claims. Look at which issues went which way, and how each was argued.
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 left shoulder, right shoulder, left knee, right knee, and left elbow disabilities but denied service connection for left ankle, right ankle, penile condition, sinusitis, left lower extremity shin splints, right lower extremity shin splints, and left elbow disabilities.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for all claimed conditions as there was no evidence of a current disability.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for cervical strain, left hand tendinopathy with tenosynovitis, right hand tendinopathy with tenosynovitis, left hip, snapping hip syndrome, right hip condition, left shoulder bicipital tendonitis with rotator cuff tendonitis, right shoulder bicipital tendonitis with rotator cuff tendonitis, left lower extremity shin splints, and tension headaches for readjudication due to new and relevant evidence received since the January 2022 rating decision.
- Denied
The Board denied service connection for other specified trauma and stressor related disorder with major depressive disorder, fatigue, gastroesophageal reflux disease (GERD), left lower extremity shin splints, and right lower extremity shin splints.
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