The veteran's cervical neck pain was granted a 30 percent evaluation effective November 20, 1998. Service connection for PTSD was denied.
The deciding factor: Service connection for PTSD was not established due to lack of verified stressor during service.
- Claimed conditions
- Cervical neck pain
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 30%
- Decision date
- February 18, 2000
- Citation
- 0004454
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