When adding a Port Forwarding rule on Public IP of a VPC, enter private/public port, click ADD to chose Tier and the VM - but then click back/close the VM/Tier-choosing pop-up - the private/public ports fields are deleted.
For comparison, when doing the same on Load Balancing - the fields are not NULL-ed, the entered values for ports still stay as filled in previously.
Short video for simplicity of explanation:
http://somup.com/crfU6ZFUEZ