The Board has remanded the cases for further development and readjudication, including reconsidering the initial rating for porphyria cutanea tarda (PCT) and determining appropriate effective dates for total disability based on individual unemployability and special monthly compensation.
The deciding factor: The decision was remanded due to incomplete adjudicative findings related to a claim of clear and unmistakable error in a previous rating decision, which affected the claims for an increased rating for PCT and earlier effective dates for TDIU and SMC.
- Claimed conditions
- porphyria cutanea tarda (PCT)
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- October 22, 2019
- Citation
- 19180254
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What this means for you
A remand is not a loss. The Board sent the case back for more development — often a new exam or missing records — before making a final decision. Many remands later end in a grant, and the decision spells out exactly what the Board wanted to see.
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- Granted
The Veteran's claim for service connection for gout secondary to service-connected malaria is granted. The claim for service connection for porphyria cutanea tarda is denied. Service connection for fatty liver disease due to exposure to herbicide agents and as secondary to service-connected malaria is granted, with a 30% disability rating effective date not provided. The Veteran's claim for service connection for status-post nephrolithiasis (kidney stones) is remanded.
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