The Board granted service connection for an acquired psychiatric disorder, diagnosed as generalized anxiety disorder with unspecified depressive disorder, based on the Veteran's in-service sexual assault.
The deciding factor: The Board found that the Veteran's current acquired psychiatric disorder is related to his active service due to military sexual trauma and corroborated by fellow servicemen.
- Claimed conditions
- Generalized anxiety disorder with unspecified depressive disorder
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 100%
- Decision date
- November 3, 2025
- Citation
- A25095278
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Decisions by this judge: 3,217 · Granted: 46% (granted or partly granted, in the vetted decisions on this site)
Judge attribution: 2025 complete; earlier years partial.
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What this means for you
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Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Partly granted
The Board granted a disability rating of 70 percent for generalized anxiety disorder with unspecified depressive disorder from June 28, 2022 to February 19, 2023 and denied an increase thereafter. It also granted an earlier effective date for DEA eligibility and restored the 30 percent rating for plantar fasciitis.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board remands the claims for service connection for heart conditions, high blood pressure, and generalized anxiety disorder with unspecified depressive disorder due to a need for additional evidence.
- Denied
The Board denied an earlier effective date for the award of service connection for generalized anxiety disorder with unspecified depressive disorder, as no complete Intent to File or Supplemental Claim form was received prior to September 25, 2023.
- Denied
The Board denied a rating in excess of 70 percent for the Veteran's service-connected psychiatric disability and remanded the claim for service connection for a gynecological disability.
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