The Board granted an increased rating of 30 percent for both the left and right lower extremity shin splints, as they have manifested in marked pain with walking and standing for a period of more than five minutes resulting in weakness and fatiguability.
The deciding factor: The Veteran's reports over a near decade-long period, corroborated by VA examiners, established that his bilateral shin splints had caused severe functional impairment, meeting the criteria for a 30 percent rating under the old criteria for Code 5262.
- Claimed conditions
- left lower extremity shin splints, right lower extremity shin splints
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- March 4, 2025
- Citation
- A25019396
Veterans Law Judge
Decisions by this judge: 2,549 · Granted: 29% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for bilateral shin splints and bilateral ankle stress fractures, finding that the Veteran's current conditions are related to her active duty service.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for chronic right wrist sprain, lumbosacral strain, a right knee disorder (right knee strain, meniscal tear, chondromalacia, and posterosuperior marginal patellar spur), left lower extremity shin splints, and right lower extremity shin splints. These conditions are considered to be directly related to service.
- Granted
Right upper and left upper extremity carpal tunnel syndromes, right knee arthritis, and left knee arthritis are granted.,Right hand disability is denied. Bilateral hearing loss, migraine headaches, sleep apnea, shin splints in both lower limbs, hallux valgus in both feet, and bilateral plantar fasciitis with calcaneal heel spurs are all granted initial ratings or effective dates prior to July 27, 2021.,GERD is granted an initial rating of 10 percent.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has remanded the Veteran's claims for service connection for bilateral shin splints due to inadequate VA examination opinions and failure to address the Veteran's contentions regarding in-service running.
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