The Board has remanded the case due to a missing informed consent document for the right total hip arthroplasty, which is required to proceed with the claim.
The deciding factor: The original signed informed consent document was not found in the claims file and there is no evidence that VA attempted to obtain it from Vista Imaging.
- Claimed conditions
- infection
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- July 2, 2018
- Citation
- 18115383
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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
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