Although it began more than a quarter century ago, and there have been far more memorable and longer-lasting Middle Eastern wars, the Persian Gulf War of the early 1990s looms large in our memories. The military conflict that was also...

A recently completed VA study has found that chronic multisymptom illness (CMI) may be popping up in veterans who were stationed in Afghanistan or Iraq. CMI, sometimes referred to as Gulf War Syndrome, is typically thought to be exclusive to...

The gulf war only lasted less than two years, but the effects lasted much longer. Many veterans who fought in this war eventually became diagnosed with a mysterious disease that would become known as Gulf War Syndrome. This condition had...

Today, amongIraq and Afghanistan veterans, one of every two has applied for disability benefits due to service-connected conditions incurred during one or both of these wars. The most common conditions found in veterans who fought in Operation Iraqi Freedom, Operation...

While throughout our series on presumptive service connections we’ve been discussing certain conditions with assumed service connection due to the nature of a veteran’s experience, the topic is a bit trickier when it comes to Gulf War veterans as these...

Results from a new study conducted by the University of California, San Diego School of Medicine, show that a vitamin supplement found on the shelves of most drugstores alleviates 19 of the most frequent symptoms of Gulf War illness in...

Last month the Department of Veterans Affairs released a study showing that 80% of Gulf War related claims get denied by the VA. For some this information may seem like a shocking number. For others however, this seems like a...

Gulf War Illness is an issue affecting a lot of Veterans. As we stated before, the VA has a list of presumptive conditions in which Veterans, who served in specific areas, can service connect. Headaches, Joint Pain, Fatigue, and several...

I personally never served in the military. I have a certain respect for anyone who has served, and that respect has been increased tenfold since working in a firm that deals with VA Disability Compensation. The only real frames of...

Did you serve in the Gulf War?   Regardless of how much rest you may get, do you still find yourself constantly tired?  Do you have frequent or constant heartburn?  Perhaps you were a high school track athlete but now the...