Although the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs concluded in 2004 that Gulf War Syndrome is a real medical illness (and not purely a psychological one), apparently a wide range of news media outlets earlier this week took the release of a new report as stating something new or different:
“Gulf War illness is real,” the report concludes. “Few veterans have recovered.” Their last report in 2004 also concluded that GWS is not psychological but caused by organophosphates.
What the new report did do is simply strength the association and evidence that implicates inflammatory chemicals in the brain called cytokines. Sadly, the new report (PDF) also concludes that many vets are not being properly treated for the Syndrome, and research into it has plummeted since 2001. Some vets are also being denied benefits related to their illness, according to the report.
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“Again, Gulf War Syndrome Real”
VA has driven us away. We must remind them of the infections and undiagnosed disorders we are left with.
This Committee is asking for written comments for Veterans
This Committee is allowing Vets to speak before them, during Public Coment Sessions.
This Committee is allowing Vets to Teleconferece – hearing sessions by telephone.
Why are vets taking part ? Silence is not an Option ! http://www.va.gov/gulfwaradvisorycommittee
VA – Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans
Department of Veterans Affairs
Office of Policy and Planning (008A1)
810 Vermont Ave, Washington, DC 20420
202-461-5758 Lelia P. Jackson, Policy Analyst ,lelia.jackson@va.gov
Additionally, the Committee will meet with a panel of Gulf War veterans who reside in the Baltimore area. Gulf War veterans living in the Baltimore area who served in the Southwest Asia theater of operations during 1990-1991 wishing to participate in the panel should contact Lelia Jackson
Public comments will be received on November 19, from 1 p.m. until 1:30 p.m. and on November 20, from 11:15 a.m. until 11:45 a.m. Individuals wishing to speak must register not later than November 14 by contacting Ms. Jackson and by submitting 1-2 page summary of their comments for inclusion in the official record. Public comments will be limited to five minutes each. A sign-in sheet will be available each day. Members of the public may also submit written statements for the Committee’s review Interested parties may also listen in by teleconferencing into the meeting.
The toll-free teleconference line will be open from 10 a.m. until 4:30 p.m. on November 19 and from 9 a.m. until 5 p.m. on November 20. To register for the teleconference, contact Ms. Jackson. Any member of the public seeking additional information should contact Laura O’Shea,
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