Can prior stress fractures in your shins cause peripheral arterial disease?

Not Really: The injury which caused the fracture could have also injured the arteries, but a fracture alone does not cause atherosclerosis or peripheral vascular disease. If you think you have PVD symptoms, an arterial ultrasound can help rule out arterial injury.

Not likely: Peripheral arterial disease (pad) is a more generalized problem than would be caused by a localized injury like stress fractures. High blood pressure, smoking, obesity, high cholesterol, diabetes, and the like are far more likely causes for pad than stress fractures.