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Top Veterans Affairs Official Questions Use Of Term 'gulf War Illness'
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Top Veterans Affairs official questions use of term 'Gulf War Illness' Source: MilitaryTimes.com
Apr. 22, 2014 - 02:51PM
That potentially explosive news was contained in an email sent by an IOM staffer to panel members who made the recommendation, including chairman Dr. Kenneth Shine. A copy was obtained by Military Times through a third party and later verified as genuine.
In the email, the IOM staffer said Allison Hickey, VA’s undersecretary for benefits, questioned the use of “Gulf War illness” rather than the VA-favored “chronic multisymptom illness” in a briefing on the report, “Chronic Multisymptom Illness in Gulf War Veterans.“
Hickey “was concerned that changing the name from CMI to GWI might imply a causal link between service in the Gulf and poor health which could necessitate legislation for disability compensation for veterans who served in the Gulf,” according to the email. Read the whole story here Top Veterans Affairs official questions use of term 'Gulf War Illness
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