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Excerpt from The Status of Efforts to Identify Persian Gulf War Syndrome: Hearings Before the Subcommittee on Human Resources and Intergovernmental Relations of the Committee on Government Reform and Oversight, House of Representatives, One Hundred Fourth Congress, Second Session
I was discharged from the referral center 2 weeks later with a diagnosis of Reiters Syndrome, chronic fatigue syndrome, colitis, multiple chemical sensitivity and gastritis. I have autoimmune dis orders, brain scarring, inflammatory bowel disease, organic scar ring and multitudes of other problems. In October 1995, I was diag nosed with abnormal semen. My discharge summary states that limitations for work are no prolonged sitting or standing. My employability is severely limited by fatigue and joint pain. My pain is still excruciating and un changed. As I sit before you today, I have chest pains, headaches and painful legs and feet. If a doctor with the VA tested me right now, everything would be found within normal limits of abnormal ity. But I question what is the normal limits of abnormality for an illness the VA knows little about. With these limitations and diagnoses and no guarantee that I will have my health back, the VA refuses to give me a permanent rating on my decision. My decision rating also states that I am to tally incapacitated. When a veteran has an illness the VA knows will not improve, a permanent rating is usually given. Autoimmune diseases like mine are not curable. These illnesses will continue throughout my life. My county service officer and the American Le gion have submitted information for my permanency, but we have not heard back yet. After being diagnosed by Dr. Murphy, I was awarded compensa tion. It was the consensus of everyone that I was compensated for squeaky wheel syndrome. There is no doubt in my mind that my personal relationship with Senator Riegle and Congressman Upton moved my paperwork like lightning. My medical problems are existing and well documented, but the rest came quick. I am not here today as a trophy case for the va. I am here because of problems that I have with the va. I would also like to state that without permanent on my rating decision, my family does not receive any Chapter 35 benefits. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
