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Did have some burns, mostly dry scaly skin. Back then I didn't bother going to to doctors for anything. Kinda thought I was bullet proof. As it turns out I was just young and dumb. Had a full 500 gallon external tank drop and rupture during removal between sorties in a scramble excercise while on TDY in Canada. Pilot made no note that one tank had emptied while the other malfunctioned. It shouldn't have dropped, but it did. Around 4000 pounds came down on us.We all had a JP-4 bath. One guy got hurt pretty bad but the rest of us just got knocked down and decided it would be wimpy to get treatment. Still sounds kinda wimpy compared to the other guy. I had several cuts and scratches and we were all totally soaked. If I would have gotten treatment then maybe it would help me now. I can"t believe I can't find a link between jet fuel and cancer on the web.Saw where the VA has not been reporting incidences of cancer to the national registries(70,000-100-000)by some estimates. I found a Gov't study of Gulf War Vets and jet fuel. According to this study jet fuel must be safe to drink as they found no link between combusted/non-combusted fuel and any disease. Whether inhaled,injested or absorbed. How convenient! Guess all I can do is keep looking.

Hey all, thanks for posting. I really appreciate the time it takes to research and post(especially if you type and read slower than me). A lot of the abbreviations are greek to me but I will learn. Berta, the link looks very helpfull. Hard to comprehend very much at a time.I'm a little (lot) slow. Hoppy, good luck and thanks for looking. I remember reading something on the web that done studies on gulf war veterans and their exposure to fuels.Can't find anything about it now. William n, please post what you have when you get time and let me know how you're doin with it. Pete53, thanks for the welcome mat! Thanks again everybody!!!

Hey anybody, I'm in the appeals process trying to show a connection to 4 years of servicing aircraft from 1977-81. The old A-7 Corsairs were being phased out to make room for the A-10 Warthogs. I had plenty of exposure to JP-4 daily.I filed my claim on the VA website in 2004. Seems like that was a big mistake as the VA has got all the facts screwed up and flatly denies everything. Finally decided to get a Rep. My Rep wants me to show a direct link between JP-4 and non-hodgkins lymphoma. I'm not finding any studies on the net that come right out and make that link, but there is benzene in the fuel and plenty of lawyers who chase benzene cases. The few I've contacted can't or won't deal with the VA. Even though they say I may have a good case based on symptoms and diagnoses and latency period. In 1981 honorably discharged. 1993 lesion removed from the scalp ( lymphoma) 1995-97 several more lesions on scalp removed 1998-99 multiple lesions on the scalp, bone marrow biopsy ,radiation treatment ,migraines,cunvulsions 2001 brain tumor removed 2005 lesion in scalp requiring softball sized skin graft and artery transplant, undefined deterioration of the skull. titanium in my head 2007 lesion removed. I'm running out of places for the docs to cut on and feel that I'm getting nowhere. Losing control of this page ...ignorance overwhelming! Any advice any one? Thanks for reading this! Deanosono