What to do if apple replaced the wrong part?

my macbook pro has intermittently been experiencing issues that usually point to a defective graphics card (will start up it up and the display will be distorted and almost looks like pinstripe black and white where you can barely read what is on the screen and then sometimes the screen will go black entirely.  it will come back on and then again a few days later while using, the display will distort again).  i have spoken to several apple employees and the genius at the store even concluded this is most likely an issue with the graphics card and will require replacement of the logic board, so i paid out of pocket the $310 plus tax since it is out of warranty/applecare and they shipped it out to the repair facility.  i just received it today and the product repair summary states that the facility replaced the "display clamshell glossy 15 in" which obviously is not the logic board. 
i will give the benefit of the doubt that the technician may have determined that this is the appropriate part to replace, but what happens if the issue still occurs? will apple replace the logic board at no cost to me? i don't believe i should have to pay for this again being that the logic board was diagnosed in the store as the problem.
i have the genius assessment and work authorization that specifies replacement of the logic board, specifically he wrote:
Proposed Resolution: --send to the apple repair center
--replace the main logic board and any other necessary component

easily, i am asking for advice from anyone else who has possibly had a similar experience to see how it was resolved. 
i am sure you, like myself have a job and a lot of things going on in life where it is very difficult to get to an apple store in time to argue with the manager over apple's possible mistake and would prefer asking others so i do not have to rearrange my schedule several weeks in advance in order to get there. 
please do us both a favor, rather than waste moments of both of our lives that we will never get back by responding with sarcasm, just do not reply at all and let me see if someone else has had this experience.

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