The Board has found the claims for service connection for PCT, seeking SMC for loss of use of the right foot, and seeking financial assistance in purchasing an automobile or adaptive equipment are well-grounded. The claim for a compensable rating for furunculosis is granted. However, extra-schedular consideration is not warranted for the injury to Muscle Group XV.
The deciding factor: The appellant's PCT was not clinically manifested within one year of his exposure to Agent Orange and thus does not qualify for presumptive service connection under VA regulations. The claim remains well-grounded due to credible medical evidence suggesting a diagnosis of PCT secondary to Agent Orange exposure. The compensable rating for furunculosis is granted based on the presence of old scars, while extra-schedular consideration is denied as there are no exceptional circumstances making impracticable the application of the normal schedular criteria.
- Claimed conditions
- porphyria cutanea tarda (PCT), furunculosis
- How they argued it
- Secondary to another service-connected condition
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- February 9, 2000
- Citation
- 0003353
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