Denial Of Presumption For Sarin Exposures

[allan]

http://gulfwarcouncil.com/denial_of_presum...n_for_sarin.htm

Typical va policy ...deny..appeal.. deny... until death

Full info at: http://gulfwarcouncil.com/denial_of_presum...n_for_sarin.htm

Denial of presumption for sarin exposures

Federal Register: July 21, 2008 (Volume 73, Number 140)][Notices][Page 42411-42414]From the Federal Register Online via GPO Access [wais.access.gpo.gov][DOCID:fr21jy08-120]=======================================================================-----------------------------------------------------------------------

DEPARTMENT OF VETERANS AFFAIRS

Determination of Presumption of Service Connection ConcerningIllnesses Discussed in National Academy of Sciences Report on Gulf Warand Health: Updated Literature Review of Sarin

AGENCY: Department of Veterans Affairs.

ACTION: Notice.-----------------------------------------------------------------------

SUMMARY: As required by law, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA)hereby gives notice that the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, under theauthority granted by the Persian Gulf War Veterans Act of 1998, PublicLaw 105-277, title XVI, 112 Stat. 2681-742 through 2681-749 (codifiedin part at 38 U.S.C. 1118), has determined that there is no basis toestablish a presumption of service connection for any of the diseases,illnesses, or health effects discussed in the August 2004 report of theNational Academy of Sciences, titled ``Gulf War and Health: UpdatedLiterature Review of Sarin,'' based on exposure to sarin during servicein the Persian Gulf during the Persian Gulf War.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Maya Ferrandino, Regulations Staff(211D), Compensation and Pension Service, Veterans BenefitsAdministration, Department of Veterans Affairs, 810 Vermont Avenue,NW., Washington, DC 20420, (727) 319-5847.

__._,_.___ "Keep on, Keepin' on"

Dan Cedusky, Champaign IL "Colonel Dan"

See my web site at:

http://www.angelfire.com/il2/VeteranIssues/

Edited July 28, 2008 by allan

[allan]

Sarin, what sarin?

War, what war?

They treat every generation of vets the same, when it comes to exposures to toxins and bioweapons. They turn their backs on them.