The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, to include other specified trauma and stressor disorder and generalized anxiety disorder, based on the Veteran's in-service stressors of military sexual trauma and having to hide her sexuality.
The deciding factor: The competent and credible evidence supports the Veteran's claimed in-service stressors, specifically, military sexual trauma and having to hide her sexuality for the duration of her extensive military career.
- Claimed conditions
- Other specified trauma and stressor related disorder, Generalized anxiety disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- April 22, 2025
- Citation
- A25036593
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.
What you can do next
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