Not an area of immediate concern for me save the symptoms that many of the veterans suffered were an exact match for my own symptoms during chemical and biological toxin exposure. Still, I just found this '04 VA statement regarding Gulf War Syndrome and thought it may be of interest to y'all. Since it is pdf, I can only post url.

http://www1.va.gov/rac-gwvi/docs/ReportandRecommendatons_ScientificHighlights_2004.pdf

Text of Paper in Link above:

2004 Report and Recommendations
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Gulf War Illnesses: Highlights of Scientific Progress
The findings and recommendations of the 2004 report of the Research Advisory Committee on Gulf
War Veterans’ Illnesses were informed by the Committee’s review of hundreds of published studies,
as well as government reports and testimony from scientific experts. Significant research findings that
underlie the report’s key conclusions include the following:
• Multiple epidemiologic studies have indicated that 26 to 30 percent of veterans who served in
the 1991 Gulf War are affected by a complex of multiple chronic symptoms—over and above
expected rates seen in veterans who did not serve in the Gulf War.
• Research studies have consistently determined that wartime stress and psychiatric illness do
not explain Gulf War illnesses in the large majority of ill veterans.
• Studies published in 2003 found that Gulf War veterans have developed amyotrophic lateral
sclerosis (ALS, or Lou Gehrig’s disease) at about twice the rate of veterans who did not serve
in the Gulf War.
• Studies of different Gulf War veteran groups consistently describe similar complexes of
chronic neurological symptoms (including headaches, memory problems, confusion, dizziness,
blurred vision, tremors) in ill veterans.
• Multiple studies have identified objective evidence of neurological abnormalities in ill Gulf
veterans using specialized brain imaging scans, tests of autonomic function, and
audiovestibular and neurocognitive testing.
• Government reports indicate that a large number of Gulf War troops were exposed to a variety
of potentially toxic substances during deployment, including multiple compounds—low levels
of chemical nerve agents, pills taken to protect veterans from the effects of nerve agents, and
insect repellants and pesticides—that can adversely affect the nervous system.
• Fifteen animal studies published since 2000 have found that, contrary to earlier assumptions,
exposure to low levels of the nerve agent sarin—below doses that produce immediate
problems—can result in longer-term effects on neurological and immunological function.
• Twenty-two toxicological studies published in 2000-2004 indicate that concurrent exposure to
several of the toxicants encountered in the Gulf War can result in adverse effects that
significantly exceed those from individual exposures.
• Epidemiologic studies consistently find higher rates of Gulf War illnesses in veterans who
report taking anti-nerve gas pills, heavy use of pesticides, and possible exposure to chemical
weapons.
• Population studies of Gulf War veterans have consistently found higher illness rates to be
associated with vaccines received during the war.
For additional information contact:
Dr. Lea Steele, Scientific Director
Research Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans’ Illnesses
Telephone: (785) 350-4617 Email: RAC@med.va.gov
Information on the Committee, including the full Committee report, is available on the web at www.va.gov/RAC-GWVI
Research Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans’ Illnesses