Report On Environmental Contamination For Fort Greely

[Capt.]

Hello All, After 40 years of coverup , what we who were there and now sick or dead from the chemicals shown are now being brought to the acknowledgement of those in charge. Chemical weapons, Biological Weapons , Nuclear, Agent Orange, Asbestos, Lead and so much more. The cleanup is still not done but this report will help many folks who were there and sick like Jerrel and I . I sent this to Jerrel today so he can start to glean from it and get it to his lawyers to prove up his claims. I sent it to mine and now must just wait the ride out for the exposure issues to now be used thru the benefit of a doubt. NO MORE DOUBT ABOUT IT. This report even brings up the contaminated pipeline that ruptured carring the Nuclear material. The reports on the groundwater being contaminated with nuclear and agent orange. The concerns of the housing projects and barracks with the asbestos even with the pipes and problems. GREAT PICTURES This report just needs to soak in on alot of folks. It still has me reeling when I face the board and try to stay up face to face and manup to the stuff . If only I can make it thru this for a few more years. Carlos (Ft Greely) is gone and Joe is gone. If only we could have had some of these reports. Jerrel its really you and me and ol Claude trying to hold the old fort group down and make the stuff be remembereed. NEVER .....NEVER>>>>>>NEVER

GIVE UP. God Bless, C.C.

http://www.smdcen.us...ft2007Nov20.pdf

THIS IS FOR ALL OUR SOLDIERS that did not make it. Remember that silent death kills and 340 perday on Agent orange. 240,000 now gone from the death of AO.

Please read the report and pass it on to another person, God Bless our troops and out last those who choose to ignore it.

Edited December 8, 2011 by Capt.Contaminate

[Notorious Kelly]

"THEM " were always at it.........can we really win ....... they seem to know all of our moves........... NEVER GIVE UP. God Bless, C.C.

Keep fighting guys!

[Jerrel]

A very good find CC

It is a good read and some of the info could be of help to someone if they were at

Ft Greely at the same time as the chemical and the Veteran has diseases that can be

connected to the chemicals or direct exposure and can prove it then some of this

report could be used in support of the the vets claim..Keep up your research CC

you are doing great..thank you

[Berta]

This is a successful Benzene Jet fuel exposure claim:

http://www.va.gov/vetapp09/Files6/0947549.txt

It also supports what Jerrel has correctly stated.

The veteran's MOS must clearly show they were exposed to the specific contaminant,(or have buddy statements that are prepared with the proper buddy statement criteria) and then the medical evidence must show their claimed disability due to this type of exposure has no other possible known etiology and is directly due to the exposure.

The claim has to be read in full to understand the decision.Once the flushing syndrome was granted as due to inservice Jet fuel exposure, there were multiple secondary service connected conditions that grew out of the initial exposure decision here.

I wrote an exposure claim years ago for a local vet and used this case as a template. The local veteran had a proven contaminant exposure issue, a form of cancer most likely directly due to the exposure issue,then I found a recent lawsuit award of millions for a non vet who also had this type of cancer due to exposure to the same contaminant as the vet did,exposed in the private sector ,then I proved he had no other etiology at all but for his exposure to cause this type of cancer, and I also attached a Section 1151 claim regarding some botched up surgery the VA gave him for the cancer. It was a very valid claim and he was attempting to get an IMO.

Unfortunately he suddenly died and left no one to continue his claim.Or Sue the VA.

“The Veteran states that he was saturated with jet fuel during

service, and the Board finds his assertion, which is

supported by statements from multiple informants (including

at least one military eyewitness), to be consistent with the

circumstances of his service, which entailed refueling and

defueling military aircraft. Moreover, medical evidence

(including that from the Mayo Clinic and VA Compensation and

Pension examiners) confirms that the Veteran has a flushing

disorder (characterized by flushing in the neck and chest,

swelling of the throat, shortness of breath/difficulty

breathing, and severe fatigue/weakness) and a bilateral

hearing loss disorder; and numerous physicians have opined

that the Veteran's flushing attacks and bilateral hearing

loss may be secondary to his in-service exposure to jet fuel

benzene. Even the independent medical expert concedes that a

link between the Veteran's in-service exposure to jet fuel

and the post-service onset of flushing attacks and hearing

loss is possible. Although a link between the current

Veteran's flushing disorder and service was doubted by the

2007 VA Compensation and Pension examiner, he proffered no

explanation for the Veteran's flushing disorder and related

symptomatology, and simply concluded that the Veteran's

specific case "remained an enigma, an idiopathic

condition."

( my note here: Flushing syndrome'is one of many manifestations of jet fuel poisoning.There are numerous symptoms of JP 4 poisoning that can cause chronic and additional disability.)

“The record also contains evidence that the Veteran has

incurred additional disabilities secondary to his flushing

disorder. Medical records confirm that the Veteran's

treatment for his flushing attacks includes systemic

corticosteroids and sometimes subcutaneous epinephrine.

According to the Veteran's endocrinologist, his diabetes

mellitus, hypertension, hyperlipidemia, coronary artery

disease, and osteopenia are attributed to the glucocorticoids

used to treatment his flushing attacks. The Veteran's

pulmonary specialist also opines that the Veteran's diabetes,

hypertension, and coronary artery disease disorders are

secondary to corticosteroids taken for treatment of the

Veteran's flushing attacks; and the record contains no

medical evidence to the contrary. In addition, the

independent medical expert avers that these medications may

have contributed, "at least partly," to the Veteran's

development of sleep apnea; and there is no medical evidence

to the contrary. Accordingly, with resolution of all

reasonable doubt in favor of the Veteran, the Board finds

that service connection for diabetes mellitus, hypertension,

hyperlipidemia, coronary artery disease, osteopenia, and

sleep apnea, secondary to the Veteran's service-connected

flushing disorder, is also warranted. 38 C.F.R. §§ 3.102,

3.310.”

“ORDER

Service connection for a flushing syndrome, characterized by

symptoms that include difficulty swallowing (claimed as

dysphagia); shortness of breath; and severe weakness/fatigue,

is granted.

Service connection for diabetes mellitus is granted.

Service connection for coronary artery disease is granted.

Service connection for hypertension is granted.

Service connection for osteopenia is granted.

Service connection for obstructive sleep apnea is granted.

Service connection for bilateral hearing loss is granted.”

Edited December 10, 2011 by Berta

[Capt.]

Hello Jerrel, Berta , and NK.... that is a good report on the JP4 issue and shows how an IMO can link the issue. Thanks Berta. I believe that Retired44 is dealing with a Carbontetrachlorine and I think so is Hoppy if memory serves me correctly. The majority of the Fort Greely claims are respiratory and neurological from what I have seen. Jerrel and I have almost exactly the same diseases and so does another soldier Jerrel and I know from there. Not counting the 2 that passed away last year from their fight with Fort Greely problems. What is so excellant about this report is the huge Asbestos problem which of course is a concern to anyone with respiratory issues and has me concerned because of the 6 URIs and forced Ear Drain for 2 days ....and the finding of a Granuloma on my right middle lobe. This was found by xray and Ct scans and deemed from an "old infection". Now we have the link and the IMOs using it. This report is more definitive of what bldgs and locations and will be easier to prove up than the old reports and the vagueness and secret way of numbering those locations , to the point that only a handful of people would be privy to that information. I am going to try and go over the report because Jerrel and I are concerned that the amount of time the report was taken down could mean someone may have.......as Jerrel put it yesterday on the phone..."Sanitized" it. He and I both have seen that happen in some other reports.

Having more information on Asbestos and Lead is important because there are only a couple of other reports that are dealing with the issues but not as strong as this one. Also the information on the AO and Nuclear is better , even down to the SM1A pipeline and the rupture and the ground water contamination issue from the injection well used to "dispose" of the Nuclear waste. Tritium , Strontium, and Chromium which are very serious. Anyway hope this helps some others and will show the need for those fighting with Chemical Exposure issues that Evidence like this can really win the Veterans Claim.