Gulf War Vets Have To Watch This! | Common Conditions!
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- Numerous studies have come out detailing how many Gulf War veterans are returning home ill. Today we discuss this and VA benefits related to it.
0:00 Introduction
0:48 Gulf War Syndrome and other conditions
1:55 Was the water contaminated in the Middle East and Southwest Asia?
3:24 Are there presumptive VA benefits for Gulf War veterans?
5:36 Do you qualify as a Gulf War veteran?
6:31 Common Diseases Affecting Gulf War veterans
11:25 What if a person has a different condition that's not presumptive?
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Anne Linscott - Attorney
The VA has recognized the enormity of health risks involved with service in Southwest Asia and has identified a list of infectious diseases that are presumed to be service-connected for Gulf War veterans who served in those countries. They are as follows: brucellosis, Campylobacter jejuni, coxiella burnetti (Q fever), Malaria, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, nontyphoid salmonella, shigella, visceral leishmaniasis (black fever and dumdum fever), and West Nile virus.
It is important to note that these conditions do not limit service connection for other conditions. These are just the conditions that the VA presumes service connection for Gulf War veterans (meaning that the VA will not require a medical nexus between the condition and military service in order to award disability compensation). Veterans can pursue service connection for other conditions on a direct basis. This means that if you have a condition that you believe was caused by your military service, you can still obtain service connection for that condition, but you will need a medical nexus from a qualified medical professional. Veterans can also obtain service connection for undiagnosed illnesses and medically unexplained chronic multisymptom illness under the Gulf War presumption.
Hello I'm a Gulf War Veteran who came back with stomach issues, fatigue, headaches, joint pain and insomnia. My unit were stationed at one point across from them oil wells that Sadam blew up. We was breathing black smoke for weeks. I tried to get checked for these things but I registered with the Gulf War register. No one would try to make a claim for any of that.
I submitted and kept Submitting till I got S/C for Emphysema and this is just the start! OORAH
I have 2 presumptives to this very day. Diagnosis of Bronchitis back in the 90's and recently in 2003 during a C&P evaluation during a pulmonary function test Bronchitis. I had to have Sinus surgery back in the late 90's yet I was denied compensation!..🙄
I'm not giving up as long as I'm still breathing!..✊🏾
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Very interesting! I am an Iraq War Veteran, 2003. I receive disability percentages on rheumatoid arthritis, fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue and insomnia for the last 5 years. About a year ago I received a letter that stated they "upgraded" me to "Gulf War Syndrome". I didn't even request an upgrade but it came to me. This tells me that something bigger is occuring with the claims information being submitted and studied. Your videos are always informative! Good job 👍
Good info I have a lot of these issues but not sure if it's in my medical record
my dad served in Iraq and Afghanistan
I got that too va didn’t know what too with my condition since I am really bad they went gave 100 percent I take so much medication to function I can barely walk now I will be wheelchair soon
Wow! I just got diagnosed with fibromyalgia after so many years of fighting. How did you prove your connection other than the presumptive diagnosis connection? Any help would be appreciated!
I'm a military vet who has GWS but never deployed. I'm not the only one and there are statistics to prove this. I've been denied VA benefits. I can't even get anything for the raging tinnitus that's been a problem for over 30 years. I suffer with neurological problems, I've exhibited symptoms of so many different auto immune conditions yet testing shows NOTHING.
THe worst of everything began in 1990 with a "Typhoid shot". I had an extreme and severe reaction within 2minutes, spent over 4 hours in the base hospital, had to be driven home 50 miles and the nightmare did not stop there. My marriage fell aprt, I lost so much weight down to 92 lbs, severe headaches that make migraines look like nothing; fever, loss of appetite, heavy debilitating fatigue (makes CFS look like a cake walk), chest pains as if a metal band was being tightened every time I breathed out I lost the ability to take a breath. My cholesterol shot through the roof, I could not move, walk or sit up. Extreme vertigo, chronic fever
These extreme symptoms lasted about 5 months, but the nightmare continues. I have suffered numerous neurological anomalies, countless midnight trips to the ER. No amount of testing either of blood or diagnostics reveals anything.
Do you have any idea what it's like to have to get your young children out of bed at 3am and take them to the ER with you because there is no one to help you??? Can you even imagine how frightened they were and the damage done to them emotionally??
It wasn't until 2013 when I finally found out about Gulf War Syndrome and so many things came my way to confirm it. Not through any doctor mind you, oh no they were and ARE USELESS.
It took me a year to process the anger but it rears its ugly head every now and then like right now as I type this.
I've been cheated out of my retirment because after 17 years I had to quit. I was a MSGT in the AFRES but served 4 years active duty in the 80s. But the VA refused to look at anything that happened to me in the RESERVE and I was on duty at the time of the 1990 event.
I've been denied any VA benefits.
But the worst, worst, worst thing was I was robbed of a normal healthy life and my children have suffered emotionally.
This is not even the whole story.
I know I'm not the only one who did not deploy but either died or have been maimed for life.
I don't deny that vets who did deploy suffered from exposure to pathogens and chemicals over there. But there are countless others who did not who won't ever get benefits or even acknowledged for their suffering.
The 2013 eye opening information that came my way to confirm what was done to me, helped me to look back over my entire military career from Basic training onward and realized that EVERY SINGLE VACCINE, was followed by some illness or condition that I had never had before, ever. EVERY SINGLE ONE.
But the August 5th 1990 Typhoid shot event was the one that did me in. My life changed FOREVER after that. It affected my job performance, my ability to be a good mother to my sons and now here I am in my 60s, suffering yet ANOTHER new malady for which has been going on for 2 years now and NO HELP. NONE. Doctors are CLUELESS.
You got any answers for that?
Camp Lejeune Water Contamination need to get its speed up for all Veterans that served. We drank, bathe in, showered in, prepared food in/with this water.
Many military bases have serious toxic waste issues. This needs to be fixed.
Roger that. I was tucked away in the community of French Creek from 1985 - 1990, as part of 2d FSSG. The water was nasty. However, I do also notice almost all of the issues come from those that did not take proper care of themselves. I always had $ because my "hobby" involved a higher health set.
@@teufelshunde730 definitely too much of a take when they were NOT affected as my brothers and sisters in arms
While in theatre, pallets of water bottles, were kept outside, uncovered, in the sun. Possibly, leaching chemicals from the plastic?
Thank you for these conditions you two rock...
Hill and Ponton are awesome. They provided me with legal assistance and personal guidance through the entire VA process. My particular process involved water contaminated with crude oil in the Persian Gulf. If any of you need help with your VA claims, this legal firm is the best!
Were you able to get service connected.
Thank you for this brief and concise breakdown. Videos like this validates my feelings about symptoms, are encouraging to discuss matters with my doctors and continue with my claim process. Thank you so much.
Hello,
The real issue we need to investigate and solve is what is the real cause behind these mysterious illnesses which is among so many of our bravest and brightest people. As many returning US and coalition force veterans (UK, and others) are reporting the same types of illnesses among their nation's service members, which means this was widespread throughout the theater and not in isolated areas/cases.
So, let's take a look at two main culprits, "Burn Pits and Depleted Uranium". Although the burn pits were operational at various locations, throughout the theater, such as Balad AB Iraq, their ability to spread airborne contaminants would be limited to the local areas where they were operated, and even if the wind was factored in such as dust storms, the prevailing winds would dissipate the contaminates locally.
This is a known factor in chemical/biological warfare and is highly considered when strategizing the possible use of these weapons of mass destruction during war, and because of their limited use and effectiveness, these weapons are not really considered for fear of retaliation by opposing forces' nuclear weapons. So to say that chemicals and trash from the "Burn Pits" were responsible for theater-wide illnesses does not muster up to traditional wisdom.
This plus the fact's that the DOD has already admitted that some radiological materials were also burned up in the pits, gives us a glimpse of US responsibility, for radiological contaminates in theater, which leads to the second and more reasonable culprit which is spent "Depleted Uranium" munitions, keep in mind, that the burn pits in question, like Balad AB, were not operation until US/Coalition forces captured the base after the 2003 invasion.
And Depleted Uranium was used extensively throughout the theater in the first Gulf War back in 1991, which was 12 years prior to the 2003 invasion, where there were already numerous reports of Iraqi children born with multiple mysterious birth defects after the 1991 war. Then we used depleted uranium again in the second war of 2003, and considering uranium has an toxic lifespan of 4 billion years, I think it becomes quite obvious what is the real culprit causing so much illness and birth defects among both opposing forces.
And so, if we do not properly address the root causes of the illnesses, we will never be able to help those who have been injured, or made sick, as it is like putting on a band-aid on an injury when you require a tourniquet. And as reputable lawyers seeking justice for our veterans I challenge you to take up the cause and get us real help. Otherwise, this is all meaningless in the end.
Respectfully,
Great Job and great Information! I am glad you all working on my claims! Semper Fi and Can Do
The two of you are so awesome in saving us from just being used up and tossed away afterwards
If you received the Anthrax vaccine that is probably the cause. Veterans that did not go to the gulf, but had the vaccine also have the same symptoms. I was part of the testing stage of the vaccine in 1989. I am 100% service connected and have all the symptoms. I left the service before the war.
We had jet fuel in our water. Had to shower, do laundry and drink it while on ship.
What ship were you on?
Many Afghanistan vets traveled thru many of the countries listed as well as flew thru the airspace of these countries enroute to Afghanistan, therefore making them eligible for these presumptive conditions. A typical route into Afghanistan would take troops thru Qatar, Bahrain, Kuwait, gulf of Oman, etc. Troops would spend anywhere from a few hours to a couple of days in that country waiting on a flight that could ultimately get them into Afghanistan. The way VA law is written, all a troop would have to do is put boots on the ground or fly thru the airspace of any country listed to be eligible... FYI
I was told to put a gallon of hand soap in gas tanker with water٫ drive around and drain refill with water again and go around fill up shower points transportation unit.
As a veteran of the Ops Desert Shield/Storm - I can state the following: when my unit - Company D, 82nd Engineer Battalion, 2nd Armored Cavalry Regiment, Warner Barracks, Bamberg, Germany returned in April -May 1991, we had a mini-baby boom. From what I remember, there was roughly 100 births that followed which were difficult/had difficulties. (I.e. - Still births, birth defects). Bamberg at the time had roughly 67K - 78K citizens in it. There were 7,500 US Soldiers and family members in Bamberg. It's one thing to have 1 still birth every 175 births. But 100 at one location, shows that there was something definitely wrong. When I voiced my concerns to an Army MD, he looked at me, and said I didn't know what I was talking about.
Another Army unit from Warner Barracks - the 3rd Brigade, 1st Armored Division- had been in the Khamisiyah Ammo Storage Site Downwind hazard zone - when it was blown up by other US Army Engineer elements. Khamisiyah prior to its' destruction was found to have poison gas shells there. And US Army EOD said - don't even go near them. And those US Army Engineer units blew off the warnings and destroyed that site. Close to 100K US troops were in that downwind hazard area.
03’ oif , two anthrax shots , have always had most these symptoms that have gotten worse as i get older
You, as a former soldier who served during the Gulf, have to learn lawyer like skills, to get your points and story acknowledgement!
Been denied for many years. Just recently awarded ptsd, gulf war syndrome is still being denied
I'm curious if this a side effect from the Anthrax injections
I got anthrax too and I believe it spurred on my arthritis! I am the ONLY person in my family that has it.
@@HillAndPonton Very good article, I tried to give it 5 stars, but It only register as one, My Unit and my self were Admistrated the Anthrax Vaccine in the Neutral Zone on 15 Feb. 1991, I immediately got sick and did many others in my Unit. How was this Vaccine helpful, when it was given in the Middle of the war? We were ordered not to look to left or right in formation, also told not to tell the British, because we don't have enough for them? which wasn't true, Canada, Australian, British, and American troops received Vaccine a, and so did some Civilians. Too this day we have been sick, Were I'm from the don't recognize G.W.I at the V.B.A or S.S.D.I. even tho there's formats for both.
It's an medical experiment without the informed consent that murderers in federal prisons have right to - I was told field grade article 15 if I didn't take the Anthrax A shots (still have the shot booklet with date stamps) and for the PB which also was experimental without informed consent (against the Geneva convention) kept half a pack of those too as evidence
I also have arthritis really bad can barely walk now
I was exempted from the Anthrax injections, and yet I still came down with Rheumatoid Arthritis, and I've had it for many years. I was in country in '03.
I remember pallets of water overseas that would have papers on them saying not to drink the waters, I didn't even remember about them until you guys said something. Only notified about bad water after its already been put out
We are sorry that you experienced this. If you have been denied on your claim, please feel free to give our office a call at 407-537-9000 to see if we may be able to assist. Thank you.
hm. bad water. I served my whole 4 years of active Duty at Griffiss AFB in NY and it's documented they had chemicals in the drinking water during the very same years I was stationed there. I went through my medical records from that time just before my initial VA interview and found that for the first 2 years there. I had all sorts of visits or medical help with gastric problems, vomiting, diarrhea, nausea, etc. Yet when bringing this up with the VA they didn't even address it.
So....I had ALL the documentation but it was IGNORED.
I’ve had most of these since 91 .
I have PGI stamped in my medical records. I got the work up done right before I got out. They didn't give me anything when I got out, but I'm starting the process to get a rating for neurological problems.
We hope you are able to get your rightful benefits and we wish you the best!
Yes I suffer from some of the mentioned illnesses.
I am looking for any veterans going through similar experiences as myself. So far, I haven't found any.
All of the bottled water we used came from either Jordan or Kuwait. I will never forget how salty it tasted. They said it would help our bodies retain fluids.
I served during the Gulf war and wasn't deployed and I am suffering with the same symptoms as you are talking about today what is the reason why you have any idea
Being represented by NYS Veterans for my claim. I'm a gulf war vet currently at 60% but I've resubmitted a claim because I have most of these issues and documentation. I'm only rated for PTSD and tinnitus, but my initial claim included the same info but I've compiled more info since then. Hopefully it'll help if not I'm calling you guys
I'm a Gulf war vet at 0% disability... And have some of these symptoms. Actually a few of these symptoms.
@@NubianQueentv update!! 100% P&T as of Feb.
@@charlespulliam6347 That's what I was looking for here. Thanks for the update!!
Can you share What made the difference, what did you do different on appeal? You wrote "I have most of these issues and documentation" so does that mean you had it on your service treatment records while on active duty, or on your VA medical records After service ??
Also, im curious if you have a Combat Action Ribbon on your DD-214 or not?
Thanks and Congrats!
Documents from the VA and outside hospital records. In service records and connection of all the dots. If you have the VA and outside hospital Documents saying the same things over 10 years then it's harder on them to say it's not legit. Scans, MRI's, x rays notes etc. All help in solidifying your claim. Do the leg work yourself and get someone to submit. Keep all Dr appointments don't miss any.
my husband had this and 2 types of luiekima he passed in dec 1999 i fought with them 5 years and gave up can i stiil file or not he was with big red one in oil feilds
What about the pills and shots taken
Pyrodistigmine Bromide and Anthrax A shots (squalene an auto-immune threat) but so many more toxins in theater.
Oh it's your imagination or you're not a vet because somebody else is using your identifying information. Never mind any disability statements you have.
You gotta tell your stories to the right listener to matter, in this whole process!
I was just diagnosed with GWS after being told for years it was in my head. I’m declining fast. Losing my entire left side. I’ve been delayed and denied care. It’s not in my head and this syndrome is debilitating. Can you please help me.
I am a Gulf War Veteran who cannot file for benefits cause I am from a place that has no tools or resources to help.
if you are able to make a comment on this video that means you have internet access....the world of information is literally at your fingertips. just watch a bunch of these videos, research the 38 CFR, and file your claim. you got it
Dont assume, they will " presume", in your favor!!
I have all these symptoms but how do i get the ball rolling on a claim? I live in Ga
I served just after the gulf war in the French army and cleaned, restored repainted al the material ,such as trucks (g290)jeeps (p4) armed trucks (VAB) from the gulf war.
I was mechanic and driver ,and remember sometimes after cleaning some material dat was covered in dessert sand an som debris of combat vehicles that a was feeling sick for a week ,I always wondered from what it was ,was it the cleaning product or the dust ,but nobody could give a answer,and I was not alone
After my service I slept for too months and the get started to be fresh again,now I am 51 and have a few medical issues that nobody can pinpoint the origin,I live in Belgium now and authorities here and medical services personal are not a wear of this possible illness ore conditions,but I always had a bad feeling about it .
Most of my service friends are sick to but France won’t tell a word of this .
I should investigate this deeper,maybe there is a link .
Hi there Hugues, sounds like it's worth looking into. Veterans in the Gulf War region were exposed to all sorts of contaminants that are leading to unexplained illnesses.
I believe there is a connection between inhalation of gulf oil fire smoke and a disease called cutaneous t-.cell lymphoma: a disease that damages the white cell enzyme responses. There are maybe twenty two or more enzymes involved here. The cross products might result in around 400 different symptoms. So, a study to establish if the normal base line response of these enzymes have been damaged may reveal the reason for so many different symptoms.
Hi there Hank, you're probably onto something. We're seeing a lot of veterans coming back from the Gulf War with unexplained medical conditions that are serious such as varying forms of cancers and respiratory issues, among other problems.
Yeah we were in the black rain.Taskforce Grizzly 2/7 USMC
Half of the Veterans are dead now from
Dsds sure the rest of us will be gone before you figure it out or not .
I was diagnosed with leishmaniasis in the gulf but they said they didn't have the gear to punch out bone marrow to look for it. On return? No one followed up on js
We are very sorry to hear that. Are you currently rated for any disabilities?
Has there been any discussions regarding boils on the scalp? Almost like ingrown hairs some being very painful that come to a head and can be popped and some just come and go it seems within a six week cycle but never completely go away?
I’ve tried everything over the counter for 30 years.
Thanks
I get boils started getting them not long after I got out
What about state side Gulf era? I got the Anthrax vaccine and immediately got sick. I've had a lot of muscle twitches for years. This started right after the shot. Migraines started about then also. What what you recommend? Thank you.
Yea me too.. dam anthrax shot.. my energy strength and focus went to shit after the shot . We were poisoned.
Same here
Does it show in medical records if you had an anthrax shot? I couldnt remember if i had one but i remember it was a mandatory back then.
The VA and DOD have vastly different definition of "presumption," than the general public. They call them presumptive conditions, but still have to prove a service connection 🤔
I was diagnosed with TB, the same y😅I got out, the guy that did my pact act said i didn't qualify for the pact act because my condition isn't chronic?
I was too, found out when I took a job with the county
I was in a transportation company assigned to the 24th infantry division. I've had gastrointestinal problems ever since we were there. V.a said no proof it's from my 8 months in country. Go figure.
Thank you such great video I'm a gulf war vet I served in sheild and storm and suffer from for alot of theses things along with PTSD and depression and a knee injury from a training exercise I'm 52 and I need help they lost my medical records and denie me I need help.
This is for Guadalupe Limas! Visit your Va office at the benefit section and ask someone how to obtain your medical record.
These posts are old! I have some possible insight.
Some 20 years ago, I inhaled a bunch of wood chips while operating a circular saw. Lots of wood chips. The guys serving in desert territory might have inhaled sand instead.
The effects: inflammation throughout the resperatory system. Also phlem. The combination causes cognitive and emotional distress. Pressure on the brain, as the body tries to clear the obstruction.
Anti inflammatory meds (ibuprofen) and anti allergic meds (benadryl) treat the symptoms...but the particles work their way deeper into the body then.
As far as curing this goes... I'll tell you the truth, I changed my diet to mostly vodka. I thinned out, the vodka is antisceptic and handled the phlem a bit, and I coughed up the wood chips. Surgery for this sounds dicey, if possible at all. I wish I'd had gravity boots...hang upside down or something.
We ate the local food at one time we ate together of of a big dish with rice and chicken as we ate I dicided to go out to urinate and I saw the cooks that were Saudi Arabia’s not watching their hands and cooking next to a hole were they actually shit sorry I told everyone not to eat after that
Can I be contacted
What about MS? I know it's not an infectious disease but just asking a question . I have it.
Good question, Nick. One thing we want to make clear with Gulf War-related claims is that there were a lot of toxic exposures that our troops were exposed to overseas. If you can provide enough evidence to support your MS diagnosis being related to your Gulf War service, then it could be worth considering for you.
What can I do about getting life insurance? I have applied for and been denied three times for life insurance. I am 100% p&c by the VA.
Also, my VA health records show I have gws yet does not have it as service connected. How do I get this corrected?
I am a Gulf War Veteran that served state side at Headquarters for the Gulf War but deployed to Bosnia. I have all these symptoms and was told I had mental health issues. How do we submit a claim for this? I am already a 100percent due to a military assault and PTSD but I feel I deserve backpay for all the years I suffered from Fibromyalgia, Chronic Fatigue, and a host of other illnesses that they told me were all in my head.
My husbands shot record has shot A, shot B, shot C listed has anyone ever found the name of these shots given before the deployment during the Gulf War?
I suspect those are hepatitis shot A, B, and C
Gulf War veteran needing help with applying for benefits.
How about a constant mild cough. No ability to diagnose.
We are sorry to hear that you are suffering with this. We recommend that you consult with a Veteran's Service Officer or Veteran's Advocacy Group to see if they may able to help you. Thank you.
luvsilly60 - same here. Have had my cough for over 30 years. Every doctor I have ever seen I get asked if I have a cough, I tell them yes, for years then they just ignore what I say. SMH. IDK why they bother to ask.
I have several conditions and at 90% as of this year was at 80% 2018 about and tired of trying to get help and never being able to get to 100%. These things have destroyed my quality of life. Can you help? I have PTSD, IBS, Fiber, sleep apnea, my memory just keeps escaping more and more but I was blown up by a fellow marine before even going to Iraq so that really caused me to depend on nobody and trust nobody. I think I got a TBI during that explosion. Nobody ever tested if test is available. I tried Gulf War register and never received response after 2 tries.
I got hit by lightning at Ft. Stewart 4 days before going to ODS. The VA says this is not a TBI.
Im having many problems bur va claims im healthy.
Keep fighting you know what hurts you and the issues you have.
@@checkghee6476 Right on. VA needs bulldozed and all of us given the no copay high tier PPO the politicians who send us over to get explosed to shite, then relegated to the va to die off for a few decades before they admit anything (just like Vietnam and agent orange)
Stonnie dennis
It will never resolve. You won't get to first base When your Udentifying information has been stolen or reported to Every Federal Agency including all branches of service and VA.
All Dr's in the StL area are blowing off and denying gulf war presumtive conditions on the C&Ps, denied everything
Wow, so sorry to hear that Paul. If you ever need help appealing, don't hesitate to let us know. This is what we do: www.hillandponton.com/free-case-evaluation/va-evaluation/
It's not just there brother. Have you ever thought how strange they wouldn't put us all in touch with each other to support each other and share tips? Think about that? They are offering yoga!? And disguising electro-convulsive shock as something else with the deceptive rTMS - which ECT/rTMS? Guess what? yep, damages your memory. Don't let them do that to you man. Don't give up. Push to where it's less painful for them to just give you half-assed actual care, if you can
@@HillAndPonton Here is a little bit of science in a nutshell. A common toxin[s] among the vets inflicted them. Why all the wide variety of diseases with one common toxin? It's because they cause mis-expressions in the genes, causing dozens of different types of autoimmune diseases. Ever hear of 'gene expression'? They can go off-skew and cause autoimmune diseases and many, many cancers. Just take your disease and put it into the web search with the word, 'epigenetics' behind it and take a look. You will see correlation. I don't even have a degree but a huge researcher of biology. Here is something that many PhD's do not know. It's pathetic.
Q fever?
Experimental vaccines
Sad parkerinson increase with Vets. There is no cure, just waiting to die.
Please I need help. Living my life in bed