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Report of the Gulf War Veterans Illnesses Task Force - 2011 (CLOSED)

The 2011 Report of the Gulf War Veterans Illnesses Task Force 30 day public comment period closed November 22nd, 2011. VA released the final report outlining how the department will address the concerns of Veterans deployed during the Gulf War of 1990-1991 on March 27th, 2012. The report focuses on efforts to improve the delivery of health care for Gulf War Veterans, including the launch of a prototype clinical care model specifically for Gulf War Veterans.

The report is available a: http://www.va.gov/opa/publications/2011_GWVI-TF_Report.pdf

For additional information on Gulf War related health issues, please visit the VA Gulf War Veterans’ Illnesses website at:
http://www.publichealth.va.gov/exposures/gulfwar/index.asp

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  1. Here is my problem with it.After 20+ years of struggling with ptsd I was finally diagnosed an recieved a rating but only at 30%. now what a

    After 20+ years I was diagnosed with ptsd but only recieved a 30% rating. what about the past 20 years of hell loosing jobs and destroyed relationships ect. ect. I also have been trying to explain to my doctor that not all of my problem with the cronic fatigue i experience is not due to my weight .I was experiencing it long before i got big. Which th weight is a product of the depression I fight every day. They make you feel like you are trying to get a free ride or something. I have never taken govt. assist.…

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  2. I KNOW WHAT'S WRONG WITH MY BODY WHY WON'T THE VA DOCTOR'S LISTEN????

    I am a Gulf War Vet. that became sick in Iraq. During the Oil Fires, I started coughing up Black crap. I was told not to worry about it. My coughing got worse when I got back to the States. I told the Army Doctors that it was do to the Oil Fires but they didn't believe me. I ended up getting a Medical Discharge, because of it. Now I have a mass between my lungs. GO FIGURE.. Also.. I have been having problems with my hips for the last 8 to 10 years.. The VA Dr.s have told me…

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  3. Noticed that the report doesn't open on the page that allows comments. Can you fix so we can comment? All I get is a server error.

    Tried several times to get to the URL that allows you to comment. Problem is, once you click on the report hyperlink, a blank page opens up and then an error dialog box opens up. Can the script be checked so comments to the draft report can occur?

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  4. Care when submitting a new claim.

    I have numerous illnesses that can be related to my time in the Gulf. But, like many Vets who already have a disability rating, it is a crap shoot to submit these new found disabilities. The VA will open your entire file and may lower existing ratings while considering the new claims. I am, and have been 100% 'IU' (Individual Unemployable' for nearly a decade now. Although my current conditions worsen and the prescence of new conditions persist, I dare not complain nor submit the new claims. I was also a former Service Officer for one of the Nationally known…

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  5. Why is there no research into the Anthrax Vaccine?

    I am a vet who recieved the Anthrax Vaccine Gen-2 from 1998 to 2000. There is a consistent corelation between the vets who suffer from advers reaction to the vaccine and GWS. I developed Celiac Disease (an autoimmune disease that affects the gastroinestinal area as well as your brain and other organs) and have multiple mental and physical issues that are listed for GWS. My wife has fibromyalga that was brought on from the Vaccine. We can trace the ineptness of the Vaccine for GW Vets and our current generation. It bothers me that VA and DOD has divided us…

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  6. Irritable Bowel Syndrome

    You have delivered a great report, as the other reports along this line. Seems the VA, including Regional Offices, have the freedom to either conform/not conform specifically to the Irritable Bowel Syndrome. Guess it's the same with the other "Conditions". Your report(s) seem to realize that there are problems associated with that conflict, at least read that way. I've filed twice and been denied as not associated with the Gulf War. Didn't have it before I left but starting having it while there and to this day. Made to feel like I'm begging. Will just have to live with it…

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  7. Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis and multiple sclerosis

    This report stated that the "ORD is committed to funding research that improves VA’s understanding and ability to treat illnesses, such as Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) and Multiple Sclerosis (MS), which may occur at higher prevalence in Gulf War Veterans". I would like to focus, in particular, on the diagnosis of ALS at much higher rates than other veteran population groups in general. As a registered nurse at a private hospital I personally witnessed the terminal wean of a Gulf veteran with ALS. As a VA employee, I witnessed the effects of this diagnosis, and subsequent death, on a fellow…

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  8. When will the Gulf War Discrimination End?

    It has now been 21 years and VA now wants to hear our comments? I have noticed on many Vet pages the number of deferred Gulf War claims. This can't be due to improperly filled out paperwork, which only means group discrimenation. How can a system such as the Veterans Administration do this to it's own. This is not what Persident Lincold had formulated then for now. The only ones that control this at this time is the present VA Administration. Shame on you Mr. Gingrich and Sec. Shinseki, one saving is I didn't have to serve under ether of…

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  9. No mention of funding in the report - Anywhere

    The report only mentions curatives for communication and statistical metrics within govt. How does that equate to compensating the suffering? With no real fiduciary committment, the report is just hollow promises. Please tell me this isn't so.. Can we not cancel one weapons dev project to do the right thing by our loyal troops?

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  10. A Toxic Waste Dump

    When you take into consideration CIA's report entitled Iraq's Weapons of Mass Destruction dated Oct 2002 and the Army's report entitled Chemical and Biological Defense U.S. Forces Are Not Adequately Equipped to Detect All Threats dated January 1993, used in conjunction with a phenomenom only found in the Middle East and that is atmospheric ducting it all comes together.

    Fox vehicles alarming constantly, senior echelon announcing they were false alarms. Then recognize the DOD was quick to provide field changes to increase their capability. Pvt Fisher coming into contact with Mustard Gas and CDR Dunn processing the sample in Iraq…

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  11. RE-EVALUATION OF HEALTH STATUS OF SPOUSES AND CHILDREN OF PERSIAN GULF WAR VETERANS.

    Since 2004 report was out .Spouses and Children issues are stopped from RAC or Task Force Report.

    VA Environmental Agents Service examined "Only" 1,380 spouses and Children as of August 2002.(VA-053 VA Environmental Agents Service Spouses and Children Program )

    None of Spouses had miscarriage or stillbirth where Mysteriously Never got involved this survey. (Pregnancy outcomes among U.S. Gulf War veterans: a population-based survey of 30,000 veterans.(2001)

    Therefore,I don't believe that these numbers and these reports to be correct. I believe that these issues need further review and researched.

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  12. Typical VA.

    Typical of VA. Create a task force 20 years later, put Gulf War Illness in the title, then claim to be doing something about it. Here's a suggestion for your task force: try finding any VA doctor that uses the term, "Gulf War Illness". Here's another suggestion, FOLLOW THE LAW! rather than wasting so much effort at trying to get around the law and screwing a veteran. The GWV's Undiagnosed illness law was passed a very long time ago (1997 or 1998), after YEARS of veterans being told by doctors that they could not figure out what was wrong, and…

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  13. As a service-connected Gulf War era veteran with the Southwest Asia medal Operation: Southern Watch

    Supplements are expensive and most useful in improving quality of life long-term. Why do we have to pay for them? Why does it always have to be Big Pharma calling the shots on medicine when there are natural herbal products just as effective? And why does VA ignore dental emergencies? What about Professor Garth Nicolson getting ignored like Dr. Roger Billica? Thus these matters I submit for your review. Sincerely, Shaun K Orris.

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  14. Make C-file available to Vets and Follow Ttitle 38 rule WHEN IN DOUBT SIDE WITH VET

    Make C-file available to Vets and follow Title 38 rule WHEN IN DOUBT SIDE WITH VET. The garbage I read in my C-file opened my eyes and gave me a clear picture of why my claim stalled. Most of the notes were false or half missing (the parts that support my case). If I didn't know my case I would say I was reading somebody else's C-file.

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  15. Merging Ideas

    The GWVI-TF would like to thank all of the users who have visited (over 2000 visits since starting) and registered (over 160 to date) in support of the TF's efforts to better support Gulf War Veterans.

    In an effort to begin organizing all the input, we will be merging some of the ideas being generated with the most closely aligned report section idea.

    Rest assured that all the original ideas and comments remain intact in the background. The software running this website merges the comments, votes, and followers to the idea that remains visible.

    A comment will be posted under…

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  16. waste of time if VA doctor refuse to follow policy what good is the policy because this desert storm veteran has seen it happen.

    waste of time if VA doctor refuse to follow policy what good is the policy because this desert storm veteran has seen it happen first hand the doctors at the HOUSTON VA COULD CARELESS about desert storm veterans i can offer my medical records as proof -----he crazy need to be on the six floor its all in his head --,We go to the VA for help not to be put down ,Its not like i ask to be sick i am just asking for help because i got sick.

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  17. STOP DENYING disability compensation! Include any/all autoimmune & neurological diseases/disorder as presumptive illness.

    Assume Veteran's service in Theater of Operations (SWA) is cause of any/all autoimmune/neurological disease/disorders. Assume any display of symptoms during/after Gulf War service is connected/caused/is a result of sevice in SWA & compensate. Don't wait to admit/compensate Vets like those who are sick/dying due to Agent Orange.

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  18. VA Needs to start evaluating vets from that era for TBI since it was not done.I just found this out after 8 years of being medical discharge

    VA Needs to start checking vets for TBI who are experiencing seizures and tennitis. I just found this out after being medically discharged from the Army 8 years ago.

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  19. toxicity of Patriot and MLRS propellants

    Where is the research into propellants used for patriot and MLRS weapons systems, and the affects on surrounding military personnel, especially those troops doing physical security around these batteries or conducting missions around missile volleys air and ground war.

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  20. Group of docters sit down with patient instead of pt seeking individual drs throught a yr

    Need a group of drs one overseening, three examing. Then set treatment plan. This way all drs are in sync . Pt does not have go throught 4 visitis a month , being pushed to next dr. The blame game stops and treatment plan starts. Ortho sends to rehumatology,they send to neuro, they send to primary, primary sends topain clinic.

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Report of the Gulf War Veterans Illnesses Task Force - 2011 (CLOSED)

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