Committee Meeting to Discuss New Research into Gulf War Illness

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Committee Meeting to Discuss New Research into Gulf War Illness

On January 27, 2012, in Department of Veterans Affairs, Disabled

Veterans, Gulf War Syndrome,Veterans, by VetLawyers

The Research Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses will

be meeting on Tuesday and Wednesday to discuss proposed studies

focusing on the illness.

The committee was created in Congress in 1998 with the goal of

eventually improving the health of Veterans who served during the Gulf

War.

As troops returned home at the end of the first Gulf War, many began

developing health problems that did not fit any diagnosis. Some

Veterans suffer from symptoms, such as fatigue, joint pain, headaches,

respiratory disorders and gastrointestinal disorders. The cause of

these symptoms is still unknown.

The meeting, which is open to the public, will take place in the

Lafayette Building at 811 Vermont Ave. NW, Washington, D.C., in Room

1143. On January 31, the meeting will begin at 8 am and adjourn at 5

pm. On February 1, the meeting will be 8 am to 12:30 pm. There will be

time set aside on both days for public comment.

For more information, please visit

http://www.gpo.gov/fdsys/pkg/FR-2012-01-17/pdf/2012-710.pdf