The Veteran's acquired psychiatric disorder, including mood disorder and posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD), is found to be related to an in-service incident of military sexual trauma. Service connection for this condition is granted.
The deciding factor: The evidence supports the Veteran's assertion that she experienced a psychological stressor during service which led to her current psychiatric symptoms, including mood disorders and panic attacks.
- Claimed conditions
- Mood Disorder Not Otherwise Specified, Panic Disorder without Agoraphobia, Impulse-Control 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
- April 25, 2018
- Citation
- 1824354
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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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- Granted
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