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The Department of Veterans Affairs provides support to Gulf War vets without the need for direct link between their illnesses and their service time
Gulf War veterans, for example, are eligible for disability compensation from the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs. “This is not their fault that the chemicals rained down on them,” Golomb ...
But if some are concerned that veterans’ benefits (a key component of having the best military in the world) are too generous, one way to address that problem would be to put the VA at the state ...
Following the Persian Gulf War in 1991, VA recognized the unique health challenges faced by Gulf War veterans. This led to regulatory expansions that established presumptive service connections for a range of undiagnosed illnesses and medically unexplained chronic multisymptomatic illnesses associated with service in the Southwest Asia theater ...
A 2007 study found that older veterans (age 65 and up) rated at 50% disabled or higher for PTSD, including individual unemployability (IU) benefits, [22] receive more in compensation (plus any earned income and retirement benefits such as Social Security or pensions) than non-disabled veterans earn in the workforce or receive in Social Security ...
Gulf War Illness (GWI), formerly known as Gulf War Syndrome, is a chronic multi-symptom disorder affecting returning military veterans of the 1990-91 Gulf War. [3] [5] [6] A wide range of acute and chronic symptoms have been linked to it, including fatigue, muscle pain, cognitive problems, rashes and diarrhea. [7]
Four former service personnel told the PA news agency about coping with PTSD and depression, and said professional help turned their lives around. Gulf War veterans urge others to seek help, 30 ...
Some Gulf War veterans that were in the area have reported symptoms that meet the definitions of Gulf War Syndrome, while others report no symptoms. The U.S. Department of Defense is continuing investigations or is funding independent studies, has kept up attempts to keep track of veterans and monitor changes in personal status, as well as ...