[CO-CURE] GW#1 lawsuit: VA can be sued for failure to diagnose illness / New PC

[Guest guest]

Perhaps if anyone knows somebody with Gulf War Syndrome, they

should pass this on?

best wishes

Shan

" This is a huge case, " said Joyce Riley, spokeswoman for the American Gulf

War Veterans Association in Versailles, Mo. " This gives a lot of veterans a

lot of hope. "

....U.S. Court of Appeals has ruled the federal government and the Department

of Veterans Affairs can be sued for alleged failure to diagnose Brown's

illness... leishmaniasis...

....leishmaniasis if often difficult to diagnose and could be an underlying

factor in half or more of the thousands of cases of veterans commonly referred

to as suffering from " Gulf War syndrome. "

....Late last month, the U.S. 6th Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati

partially overturned O'Meara's decision, saying the government is not liable for

injuries suffered while Brown was on active duty but it can be sued for what

happened once he returned to Michigan. The government may appeal, officials

said.

....

" They should not be allowed to just use us up and throw us away, " said Brown,

now alone and raising two disabled children, ages 9 and 10, on his disability

income. " Somebody has got to be accountable. " ...

Is family a Gulf War casualty?

Ruling lets ill widower propel lawsuit

Egan / The Detroit News

DetNews.com - Detroit,MI,USA - August 7, 2006

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