The Board has determined that the Veteran's diagnoses of depressive disorder (NOS) and anxiety disorder (NOS) are incurred as a result of her sexual assault during active duty for training in May 1980, and service connection is granted.
The deciding factor: The VA psychiatrist concluded it is at least as likely as not that the Veteran's psychiatric disorders were due to or resulted from her military service, including her account of being sexually assaulted during ACDUTRA.
- Claimed conditions
- depressive disorder (not otherwise specified), anxiety disorder (not otherwise specified)
- How they argued it
- Reopened with new and material evidence
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- September 23, 2011
- Citation
- 1135880
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What this means for you
A grant means the Board agreed the veteran was entitled to the benefit. Decisions like this show the kind of evidence and arguments that tend to succeed for claims like it.
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- Remanded (sent back)
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