The pages in this section have been added since they should be VERY
helpful to Gulf War veterans and their families. GUIDELINES
FOR DISABILITY EXAMINATIONS IN GULF WAR VETERANS
VA FUNDED EXAMINATION PROGRAM FOR THE SPOUSES AND CHILDREN OF
PERSIAN GULF VETERANS
The link below is to the report on Gulf War veterans research, including a listing of project abstracts. This is information that should be readily available to Gulf War veterans, researchers and their doctors, yet it is impossible to find a link on the VA's web page. The link below actually takes you to the VA web site where the report is posted.
Federal Gulf War Veteran Research Portfolio (This is a file (945Kb) in Rich Text Format, click to download) The above file includes all of the listed research projects currently underway and an abstract for each project.
Depleted Uranium Protocol
This is the Protocol used by the VA to determine urine uranium content.
Helpful VA Links
Persian Gulf Veterans Coordinating Board – Research Working Group
Annual Report to Congress - 1997 Research on Gulf War Veterans’ Illnesses March 1998 Access the report here. Posted 9 January 1999 The above file is 482 kb in Rich Text FormatFederally Supported Research Projects
From the 1996 Annual Report To Congress on Persian Gulf Veterans' Illnesses To see information on current research for Gulf War veterans Please go here.Index of VA Manuals (Including an outdated M-10 manual) http://www.va.gov/publ/direc/eds/edsmps.htm
VA's Publication index http://www.va.gov/publ/direc/pubind.htm
The VA Main home page can be found at:http://www.va.gov/
The VA's Guide to Special Programs http://www.va.gov/programs.htm
Information on Benefits:http://www.va.gov/benefits.htm
Information on the VA Organization http://www.va.gov/organization.htm
Various VA facilities:http://www.va.gov/facilities.htm
Various VA data http://www.va.gov/data.htm
VA Medical Information http://www.va.gov/medical.htm
VA Publications:http://www.va.gov/publ/direc/index.htm
VA Forms can be found at:http://www.va.gov:80/forms/default.asp