Denied
The Board denied service connection for bilateral flatfoot, left shin splints (also claimed as leg condition), and right shin splints (also claimed as leg condition) based on the evidence not persuasively supporting a finding of current disability during the pendency of the claims.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not show an increase in severity of pre-existing bilateral pes planus or a current diagnosis of bilateral shin splints during the pendency of the claim, and thus service connection was denied for all conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- bilateral flatfoot, left shin splints (also claimed as leg condition), right shin splints (also claimed as leg condition)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 29, 2025
- Citation
- 25013420
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