The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient medical examination and unclear rating criteria application. The Veteran's skin disability is now rated as Porphyria Cutanea Tarda with dyshidrotic eczema, effective August 22, 2019.
The deciding factor: The VA examiner did not provide sufficient detail regarding the frequency of systemic therapy use and whether topical corticosteroids qualify as systemic therapy under the old criteria.
- Claimed conditions
- Porphyria Cutanea Tarda (PCT), Dyshidrotic Eczema
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- 10%
- Decision date
- October 1, 2020
- Citation
- 20063914
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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.
What you can do next
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Remanded (sent back)
The Board has decided to remand both issues of service connection for PTSD and dyshidrotic eczema due to a pre-decisional duty-to-assist error. The Veteran's claims will be reconsidered with the inclusion of relevant evidence.
- Granted
The Veteran's claim for SMC based on the need for regular aid and attendance is granted from April 30, 2014 to April 8, 2020. The other issues are remanded.
- Granted
The Board has granted service connection for Porphyria Cutanea Tarda (PCT) due to it being a presumptively associated disease with herbicide exposure during the Veteran's service in Vietnam.
- Granted
The Veteran's OSA is granted as secondary to his service-connected PTSD. The case for a compensable evaluation for dyshidrotic eczema and service connection for a neurological disability of the bilateral upper extremities remains pending due to insufficient evidence.
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