Vet Affairs agency looking for volunteers to study Gulf War Syndrome

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Vet Affairs agency looking for volunteers to study Gulf War Syndrome
By Leo Shane III
Tuesday, Apr 18
Air Force fighter aircraft fly over burning oil field sites in Kuwait during Operation Desert Storm in 1991. (Air Force photo)

Veterans Affairs officials will launch a new five-year study into Gulf War Syndrome in an effort to better define and explain the symptoms for the mysterious illness.

It’s a move that veterans groups say is overdue but also potentially beneficial to tens of thousands of Gulf War veterans. As many as 250,000 individuals who served in operations Desert Shield and Desert Storm in the early 1990s have reported a series of problems including joint pain, fatigue, rashes, memory issues and digestive problems, with no clear cause.


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