The Board has reopened the previously denied claim for service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, and finds that new and material evidence has been received to reopen this claim. The Veteran's anxiety disorder with panic attacks and depression is presumed to have had its onset during military service.
The deciding factor: The December 2010 VA examiner's opinion supports the claim by linking the Veteran's current psychiatric symptoms to her in-service military sexual trauma/harassment and secondary to her service-connected hysterectomy.
- Claimed conditions
- anxiety disorder with panic attacks and depression
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- May 19, 2017
- Citation
- 1717412
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What this means for you
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- Granted
The Board has determined that the appellant's claim for service connection for an anxiety disorder with panic attacks and depression is granted.
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