Partly granted
The Board denied service connection for upper chest wall pain and right sciatic radicular pain, while remanding claims for secondary service connection involving the feet, legs, and ankles.
The deciding factor: The evidence did not support a finding of an etiological relationship between the Veteran's claimed conditions and her active service.
- Claimed conditions
- upper chest wall pain to include costochondritis, right sciatic radicular pain, right lower leg, right foot plantar fasciitis, left foot plantar fasciitis, right leg shin splints, left leg shin splints, right ankle disorder, left ankle disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 17, 2025
- Citation
- A25109002
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