Why won't the VA help Veterans?

Why can't the VA help out the Gulf Vets?

Department of Veterans Affairs
04/15/2008
Ref: Case No July, 2000 515/136 and March 26, 2004 328/21E4:aj

I am writing to you about the decision the panel had given me on my last hope to prove that I was affected by the chemicals used during the Gulf War 1990-1991. The following medical descriptions is as follows: Swelling of Elbows and wrists, Skin Rash, Memory loss, PTSD.

Those were the main claims when tested back in the 2000. All of those problems were denied by the panel on March 26, 2004 after I read the paper I felt like we were just used then just thrown away like trash, and I felt bitter about the service. I felt like everyone else out there that are trying to fight for help and doors keep getting shut in their face. It took my uncle 6 years before he was granted anything and here we were only miles apart over there in the desert of Iraq. Since then for myself, my problems have only gotten worse through out the years. I now have heart problems which led me to losing my job and have been unemployed since February 13, 2008.

The other issue is my swelling of my hands and skin rash that has gotten so bad that everyday is a battle, it like a burning feeling in your skin that wont go away, It has only gotten worse throughout the years, now it's at the point that it keeps me up at night for hours and hours. When it happens during the day I have to just stop what ever it is that I am doing and just sit still or lay down until I feel it start going away. I cant control this also, during this time my heart rate is faster and its hard for my me to breathe feels like a have so much pressure on my lungs. I cant imagine if this is happening on the outside what in the world is happening on the inside of me. My hands swell up to the point that I cant grab anything I lose my strength and my hands feel like they are on fire. At some points the pain is so bad that I just want to rip off my skin in hopes that pain will go away. Due to these issues my quality of life is affected to the point that I am not able to work a normal job, and because of my heart issue I have to be careful of what I can do. I can't sleep or get the rest I need. If you could be in my place just imagine that starting at 7pm you feel the attack start happening with the burning of the skin, the welts that look like little sting bits that burns and gets bigger all over you body, you legs, back, chest, arms, neck. Lasting for hours here its at its worst at 1:30am. Please tell me how can a person live like this and work and have a normal life. Everyday this is a battle for me and seems like no one wants to help me. It's a very long process doing test after test or lets try this medication for a month or so. I have been tested or put on meds and asked questions about my habits or what I eat, but you know I haven't change anything different than maybe I eat more healthier now because of my heart but the other issues the skin rash has really affected me, my memory loss how would you feel if you met someone and was talking to them and you couldn't remember that persons name. As a veteran I see why so many have given up hope and have lost everything, I am facing that myself right now. My wife and I are going to lose our home and not sure what will happen after, my wife is disabled also with a lot of medical issues and my medical issues are getting worst. I just wish that military would take care of their own who are in need, I have fought over there and before I went over there I was in perfect health and now I have these issues and still have to fight after the war with the people that sent me over there in the first place. I am not asking for total disability but something that would help so it won't be hard on me and my wife. I just feel like we are another statistic of war, even now soldiers coming back are even having to fight to get help. I will do all the testing again, I am asking please look over my medical problems. Most of all please just help.

Sincerely
Arthur E Rush
US Army E-4/Spc
Desert Storm Veteran 1990-1991

wrong views of medical issues * - prevent discovery *

Autoimmune issues? Many things are autoimmune

Memory Loss

The VA has no clue *

Those with CFIDS should fill in the checklist ... for 'the pattern' *

if you have it, ... share with your doctor/s

and what is your body temp? blood pressure? blood sugar?

high or low blood pressure, high or low blood sugar and high or low body temp

'Part of what 2-butoxyethanol does'

The History Channel Documentary 4-23-05 and 4-24-05, FDR: A Presidency Revealed talked about things that would be like what overexposure to 2-butoxyethanol would cause: * enlarged heart, many horrible HEADACHES - some at the base of the head, tired, ashen/pale color, difficulty finishing thoughts in sentences (short term memory loss), difficulty concentrating. Also high blood pressure (180/105), rapid weight loss (liver?)

Repeated headaches. Headaches were intensifying

4-11-45 as he went to bed he was 'shivering' (chills?)

After an acute headache at the back of his head, he collapsed on 4-12-45 and died a few hours later. It is reported that he died of a cerebral hemorrhage ... was there an autopsy? If it was advanced stages of the fatigue of CFIDS ... the doctors would not have found it. They still don't even in 2005 - 60 years later.

What we would call CFIDS or 'gulf war syndrome' today.

It is now suspected that he didn't have polio, but

Look Alike?

Do WWII Vets, Vietnam Vets, Korean Vets, Gulf war vets and civilians with CFIDS look alike? Do they look like the Exxon Valdez oil spill 'bioremediation' workers? Do they look like our soldiers who fight in wars today?

I suspect a commonly used chemical will cause this health damage: CFIDS

This chemical won't do just one thing - If you only have one health issue, and/or your parent doesn't have 'the odd assortment of CFIDS symptoms,' don't suspect 2-butoxyethanol poisoning.

Compare EVOS Robin to Gulf War Vet Donny

Tired and help?

"One of the most important discoveries in health and disease of the last 10 years or so, may be that the production of the sugars that the body requires to form glycoproteins (cellular messenger molecules) is quite ATP intensive, ADP intensive, vitamin/mineral dependant, and enzyme dependant."

Would Nutrition for Cells help?

Some other issues that can be part of this chemical's effects *