* 36 percent of eligible veterans have already filed claims, which is an astronomical number in comparison to claims filed after earlier wars. (This in fact is our reported casualty rate from the Gulf War).
* 11 percent of the veterans that have applied for care have been denied.
* And of 6 percent who submitted claims for undiagnosed illnesses, 73 percent have been denied help in direct contradiction of the law President Bush signed into affect on 27 December 2001 (which the VA has failed to write regulations to enact that law eight months later).
2. In the same summary chart, there is another interesting development. When you look at the "Gulf War era" veteran that did not serve in theater of war, a full 57 percent are now eligible for veteran status, of which 28 percent of those eligible have applied for VA help, and 82 percent of those that have applied have received VA claims approval (era) vs. 76 percent (war veterans). One must ask why this is occurring. Are the "era" veterans showing a higher rate due to any number of factors to include the utilization of anthrax vaccine causing illness-related casualties from active service? Is there a potential for other causes from secondary vector sources? Is there a discrimination between actual war veterans and those that did not serve in a war zone? Is there a lack of accountability for caring for our Gulf War veterans, and if so why?
* 11 percent of the veterans that have applied for care have been denied.
* And of 6 percent who submitted claims for undiagnosed illnesses, 73 percent have been denied help in direct contradiction of the law President Bush signed into affect on 27 December 2001 (which the VA has failed to write regulations to enact that law eight months later).
2. In the same summary chart, there is another interesting development. When you look at the "Gulf War era" veteran that did not serve in theater of war, a full 57 percent are now eligible for veteran status, of which 28 percent of those eligible have applied for VA help, and 82 percent of those that have applied have received VA claims approval (era) vs. 76 percent (war veterans). One must ask why this is occurring. Are the "era" veterans showing a higher rate due to any number of factors to include the utilization of anthrax vaccine causing illness-related casualties from active service? Is there a potential for other causes from secondary vector sources? Is there a discrimination between actual war veterans and those that did not serve in a war zone? Is there a lack of accountability for caring for our Gulf War veterans, and if so why?