Project Shad/edgewood Vet

[Berta]

The first 1/4 2007 BVA cases are now on line.

http://www.va.gov/vetapp07/files1/0700797.txt

"Per the claims folder, the DoD, along with the VA and the

National Academy of Sciences, contacted the veteran

concerning these experiments. Specifically, the Department

of the Army's Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense

wrote the veteran a letter, dated May 8, 2002, that confirmed

the veteran's assertions that he was exposed to VX along with

other chemicals was stationed at Edgewood Arsenal"

also:

"Since the veteran's direct

participation in Project 112 testing has been established,

and in light of this directive from VHA, the present case is

remanded to provide this veteran with a complete Project 112

examination."

One thing- it seems the VA has yet to even give this vet a C & P-

another thing-

can someone expalin to me how a vet could have been affected by SHAD as well as the Edgewood situation?

The BVA cases clearly states the vet was Army stationed at Edgewood and his exposure to chemicals such as VX has been confirmed.

I understood that VA and the Project Shad vets were mainly Navy personnel and this is why the ships lists etc was published.

Is the VA here saying that Shad experiments encompass Edgewood too?

I understood that although the VA identified 4300 potential SHAD vets, only a little over 600 have been found.Last I heard they were all sailors.

SHAD- Shipboard Hazard and Defense.

Is the BVA suggesting in this remand that Edgewood Army vets and Project Shad Navy vets were all exposed to the same thing? And there is a direct connection?

[Testvet]

One of the SHAD/ Operation 112 experiments used an infantry battalion in the open at Edgewood Arsenal in 66 or 68 about 500 men were used also some ships on the bay there.