Golz v. Shinseki

How courts have described this case

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• holding that VA has a duty to obtain relevant SSA records when it has notice that the Veteran is receiving SSA disability benefits
• holding that VA's duty to assist extends to potentially \relevant\ evidence, i.e., \records that have a reasonable possibility of helping to substantiate the veteran's claim\
• holding that VA's \duty to assist is not boundless in scope\
• noting that, in order to conclude that records are relevant, \[t]here must be specific reason to believe these records may give rise to pertinent information\
• determining that there is no duty to obtain SSA records when there is no evidence that they are relevant
• holding records need only relate to a claim and have a reasonable possibility of substantiating it

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