The Board has determined that the Veteran's right hip replacement surgery in March 2008 was not a result of his own willful misconduct and there is actual and proximate causation. The decision grants compensation under 38 U.S.C. § 1151 for residuals of a right hip replacement.
The deciding factor: The Board found that VA medical care proximately caused the Veteran's right hip replacement surgery in March 2008, an unforeseeable event occurred (the prosthetic being recalled), and this unforeseeable event proximately caused the Veteran's additional disability of residuals of the right hip replacement.
- Claimed conditions
- residuals of a right hip replacement
- How they argued it
- Direct service connection
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- November 27, 2019
- Citation
- 19189893
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