After the 1991 Gulf War, approximately 250,000 of 700,000 deployed veterans reported chronic symptoms including fatigue, pain, memory problems, and immune system dysfunction. The DOD and VA initially dismissed all symptoms as 'stress-related and psychological.' In 1996, the GAO found the VA had denied nearly 95% of Gulf War claims. The Pentagon also concealed that troops at Khamisiyah may have been exposed to nerve agents from destroyed Iraqi chemical weapons. More recent analysis found the VA still rejected 90% of undiagnosed illness claims from Gulf War veterans. Congress eventually mandated recognition, but decades of denial caused immeasurable suffering.
The US government denied Gulf War Syndrome existed for years while the VA rejected 95% of veterans' disability claims
βGulf War Syndrome is a real physical condition caused by toxic exposures during the war. The government is denying its existence to avoid liability.β
π The Receipts
βοΈ The Record, Side by Side
What they said vs. what the evidence shows
βThere is no unique illness or syndrome among Gulf War veterans. Symptoms are likely stress-related.β
β Department of Defense / VA Β· Jan 1994
π They Laughed At Us
βThere is no unique illness or syndrome among Gulf War veterans. Symptoms are likely stress-related.β
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