The Board finds that the Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorders, including pedophilia, adjustment disorder, dysthymic disorder, anxiety disorder, and depression, are at least as likely as not related to service. However, the skin cancer is not etiologically related to service.
The deciding factor: VA medical records indicate a significant change in behavior following an in-service sexual assault, which may have contributed to the Veteran's current psychiatric conditions.
- Claimed conditions
- Persistent Depressive Disorder (Dysthymia), Unspecified Anxiety Disorder, Pedophilic Disorder
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- January 3, 2017
- Citation
- 1700067
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