Does this mean that it will take another 30+ years before we call it 'torture'?

From the Navy Times -

VA grants disability to waterboarded Navy vet

The Department of Veterans Affairs has reversed its earlier rulings and granted a rare disability claim by an Alabama veteran who said he suffered long-term emotional problems after being waterboarded at a Navy survival training school in 1975.

A January story with more details, courtesy the Mobile (AL) Press-Register, here.