Posted on Mar 13, 2016
SSG Erick Diaz
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How many of you know that because of your tour in many European locations such as Germany during certain time frames disqualifies you from donating blood?. So why doesn't VA rate us as being partially poisoned during our tour?.
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CPL Bobby McKellar
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It's not a disability nor is it really a huge problem...the simple fact is that nobody has figured out a way to TEST for "mad cow disease" antibodies or dormant virus in blood. All it is is The Red Cross and the medical world doing what it does....taking an abundance of caution until they figure out if it is a problem. I spent 3 years in Germany (1989-1991) with a six month vacation in Saudi Arabia, Iraq & Kuwait. I'm more concerned about all the shit I was exposed to in the Gulf in 1991 than mad cow disease, but service during Desert Shield/Desert Storm, exposure to chemical weapons, depleted uranium, burning crude oil,etc is of no concern when it comes to giving blood. Don't get paid for that shit!... So I doubt VERY SERIOUSLY you should worry about getting paid for something that they can't even say is even a remote possibility that anybody was EVER exposed to.
Let that sink in.
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SSG Erick Diaz
SSG Erick Diaz
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You worry about what you got exposed to. I'll worry about what I got exposed to. You are no better than cold war soldiers. If you read all my comments it's not about getting paid. It's about documenting. Wow. What planet do you live in?.
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SSG Erick Diaz
SSG Erick Diaz
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Let that sink in
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CPL Bobby McKellar
CPL Bobby McKellar
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Ha Ha Ha!!! I gauged you about right and so have most of the others here. Reading your comments and replies to comments is why several of us have answered like we did. You sound like you've got some issues beyond "mad cow disease" exposure, and h'll...the way you sound you MIGHT just have it! Yep, I think if I were you I'd go file for "mad cow disease" exposure and be the first test run claim through the VA. Please let us know how that goes for you! :-D
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SPC Greg Andle
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I say no. Does it hamper your daily life?
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SSG Erick Diaz
SSG Erick Diaz
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Shouldn't matter. You didn't have it before service. It should be recognized as scars are. They don't hamper your daily life either. I don't mean get paid I mean zero reading but recognized so if there's a problem linked in the future you are covered. Think agent Orange. How many are fighting today To get it recognized.
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CPT Pedro Meza
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There is nothing to rate, we are not poisoned because the no blood donation is decision made by the Red Cross as a precaution here in the USA, you can still donate blood in those countries as well as at the ARMY hospital.
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SFC A.M. Drake
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I was not partially poisoned as you suggested for my two tours in Germany due to mad cow disease I just did not eat cow! Now assuming one did eat an infected cow then a lot of things would have had to happen for that piece of infected meat to get into the food supply. Mainly when a cow is infected they start to loose control over walking is the first sign....then it gets worse after that. Lastly cow would be burnt up to make sure it does not enter the food supply. Ssooooooo why would the VA recognize this and you're the only one that is claiming it or raising this as an issue meanwhile the other 499,000 soldiers that were over there during the height of the Cold War is fine?
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