The Board denied compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for residuals of right hip arthroplasty due to the absence of actual causation, as there was no evidence showing that VA's care proximately caused the additional disability.
The deciding factor: The May 2018 VA examiner provided a negative nexus opinion and found no evidence of actual causation between the Veteran’s current conditions and the November 1998 right hip arthroplasty surgery.
- Claimed conditions
- Right Hip Arthritis, Nerve Damage in the Right Leg, Leg Length Discrepancy, Mass in Right Hip
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating
- Not verified here — check the original decision
- Decision date
- November 1, 2018
- Citation
- 18146845
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What this means for you
A final Board denial may be appealed to the U.S. Court of Appeals for Veterans Claims, generally within 120 days of the Board mailing date. A Supplemental Claim with new and relevant evidence is a separate option. Another Higher-Level Review of the Board decision is not available. Check your own notice: this historical decision does not set your deadline.
What you can do next
Use your own notice and decision stage. A remanded issue is not a final court-appealable denial. VA review guidance and CAVC filing instructions (U.S. federal; reviewed October 7, 2026).
Related decisions
Other Board decisions on a similar condition or argued the same way.
- Whole decision: Granted
- Whole decision: Granted
The Board has determined that the Veteran's right hip arthritis is service-connected as it began during his active service and has persisted since then.
- Whole decision: Granted
The Court found that the Veteran's pre-existing right hip condition was aggravated by service and progressed to arthritis, leading to a grant of service connection for the right hip disability.
- Whole decision: Denied
The Board denied service connection for right hip, shoulder, elbow, and low back disabilities, finding no evidence of in-service onset or relationship to active service.
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