Remanded (sent back)
The Board is remanding the claims for service connection for degenerative arthritis of both knees, hypertension, and a lower back disorder to obtain private medical records from Dr. B. Taylor.
The deciding factor: The Court found that VA had committed a duty to assist error by failing to properly obtain relevant private medical records.
- Claimed conditions
- Degenerative arthritis, right knee, Degenerative arthritis, left knee, Hypertension, Lower back disorder
- How they argued it
- Not specified
- Exposure basis
- None
- Rating assigned
- None in this decision
- Decision date
- December 12, 2025
- Citation
- 25014863
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