The Board has remanded the case due to insufficient evidence regarding whether the Veteran's porphyria cutanea tarda is related to service, including as due to herbicide exposure. The Veteran needs to provide private treatment records and a VA examination.
The deciding factor: Insufficient evidence exists to determine if the Veteran's PCT is related to service or herbicide exposure.
- Claimed conditions
- porphyria cutanea tarda (PCT)
- How they argued it
- Presumptive (no nexus needed)
- Exposure basis
- Agent Orange / herbicides
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 5, 2020
- Citation
- 20071714
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 remands the claims for service connection for CAD, DMII, PCT, bilateral lower extremity neuropathy as secondary to DMII, and stroke as secondary to DMII on the merits.
- 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.
- Granted
The veteran has porphyria cutanea tarda which was incurred as a result of exposure to Agent Orange during his active military service.
- Denied
The Board denied the veteran's claim for service connection for porphyria cutanea tarda (PCT) due to a lack of evidence showing that PCT was manifested within one year of his departure from Vietnam or related to his military service.
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