The Board denied service connection for a thoracolumbar spine disorder and remanded the claims for left and right lower extremity shin splints.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not establish a nexus between the current thoracolumbar spine disorder and in-service treatment, while the claims for shin splints required further medical examination to determine their etiology.
- Claimed conditions
- left lower extremity shin splints, right lower extremity shin splints, thoracolumbar spine disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- March 5, 2025
- Citation
- A25020312
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Decisions by this judge: 1,963 · Granted: 32% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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