The Board has granted service connection for porphyria cutanea tarda (PCT) as secondary to exposure to Agent Orange, finding that the veteran's condition is presumed due to his wartime service in Vietnam.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner determined that PCT was a separate entity from jungle rot and found it less likely than not related to jungle rot incurred during service. The Board accepted this opinion based on the evidence of long-standing PCT with documented treatment for jungle rot.
- Claimed conditions
- jungle rot, porphyria cutanea tarda (PCT)
- 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
- November 24, 2003
- Citation
- 0332743
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