26% of Gulf War vets disabled

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26% of Gulf War vets disabled

Of Desert Storm's 700,000 Troops, 26 Percent Now Disabled, FedBuzz Reports

Wednesday May 31, 8:30 am Eastern Time

Company Press Release, SOURCE: FedBuzz.com

WASHINGTON, May 31 /PRNewswire/ -- Operation Desert Storm, which concluded

in 1991 with seemingly light U.S. personnel losses, instead has proven

costly to 183,000 Gulf War veterans who have been declared disabled by the

Department of Veterans Affairs.

FedBuzz.com today reported that the disability rate from the nine-month

Gulf War now stands at 26 percent of the 700,000 troops who served. This

rate, two and one half times the disability rate from the 10-year Vietnam

War, is the highest disability rate for any modern U.S. combat experience.

In a Gulf War news package available today at http://www.fedbuzz.com, the

federal OmniSite also reports on a prominent scientist who says he is

convinced that many thousands of Gulf War veterans suffer from the

controversial Gulf War Syndrome (GWS).

``We've got 50,000 guys out there with severe vertigo and they're dying in

traffic accidents at an alarming rate,'' said Haley, M.D., of the

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. He said the GWS injuries

from sarin nerve gas are responsible for killing more than 500 Gulf War

vets in vertigo-caused auto accidents.

Haley's researchers studied damage to the deep brain structures of Gulf War

veterans.

A spokesperson for the Department of Veterans Affairs told FedBuzz that the

government has spent more than $133 million trying to determine if a

condition such as GWS exists, but no finding has supported a GWS category

of illness. In fact, one VA official has told Congress that the majority of

Gulf War-related disability claims involve knee injuries.

Whatever the cause, the rate of disabilities from the Gulf War far exceeds

the rate of World War II (8.6 percent) and the Korean War (5 percent.) Of

all Vietnam War vets, 9.6 percent have been declared disabled.

VA attributes the high Gulf War disability rate to its better ability to

assess combat-related injuries and its ability to communicate the

availability of benefits to veterans.

FedBuzz.com, viewed at http://www.fedbuzz.com, is an OmniSite which

provides news and data to help all Americans better access vital federal

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SOURCE: FedBuzz.com

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This really makes me sad. I had a brother die as a result of Gulf War

Syndrome.

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26% of Gulf War vets disabled

Of Desert Storm's 700,000 Troops, 26 Percent Now Disabled, FedBuzz Reports

Wednesday May 31, 8:30 am Eastern Time

Company Press Release, SOURCE: FedBuzz.com

WASHINGTON, May 31 /PRNewswire/ -- Operation Desert Storm, which concluded

in 1991 with seemingly light U.S. personnel losses, instead has proven

costly to 183,000 Gulf War veterans who have been declared disabled by the

Department of Veterans Affairs.

FedBuzz.com today reported that the disability rate from the nine-month

Gulf War now stands at 26 percent of the 700,000 troops who served. This

rate, two and one half times the disability rate from the 10-year Vietnam

War, is the highest disability rate for any modern U.S. combat experience.

In a Gulf War news package available today at http://www.fedbuzz.com, the

federal OmniSite also reports on a prominent scientist who says he is

convinced that many thousands of Gulf War veterans suffer from the

controversial Gulf War Syndrome (GWS).

``We've got 50,000 guys out there with severe vertigo and they're dying in

traffic accidents at an alarming rate,'' said Haley, M.D., of the

University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center. He said the GWS injuries

from sarin nerve gas are responsible for killing more than 500 Gulf War

vets in vertigo-caused auto accidents.

Haley's researchers studied damage to the deep brain structures of Gulf War

veterans.

A spokesperson for the Department of Veterans Affairs told FedBuzz that the

government has spent more than $133 million trying to determine if a

condition such as GWS exists, but no finding has supported a GWS category

of illness. In fact, one VA official has told Congress that the majority of

Gulf War-related disability claims involve knee injuries.

Whatever the cause, the rate of disabilities from the Gulf War far exceeds

the rate of World War II (8.6 percent) and the Korean War (5 percent.) Of

all Vietnam War vets, 9.6 percent have been declared disabled.

VA attributes the high Gulf War disability rate to its better ability to

assess combat-related injuries and its ability to communicate the

availability of benefits to veterans.

FedBuzz.com, viewed at http://www.fedbuzz.com, is an OmniSite which

provides news and data to help all Americans better access vital federal

information. It recently was named a ``Hot Site of the Day'' by USA Today.