VA: All veterans with ALS (Lou Gehrig's disease) eligible for benefits

[annm4peace]

http://fleshandstone.net/healthandsciencenews/alsbenefits.html

Scientific evidence linking military service and ALS is too strong to ignore. Many veterans with ALS and researchers point fingers at the military’s experimental and mandatory vaccines as the reason ALS occurs between one and one-half to twice as often in veterans than non-veterans.

According to the studies, military veterans within the last century are nearly twice as likely to develop ALS as those with no history of military service, regardless of where or when they served in the military.

"Veterans are developing ALS in rates higher than the general population, and it was appropriate to take action," VA Secretary James Peake said in a written statement. "ALS is a disease that progresses rapidly, once it is diagnosed. There simply isn't time to develop the evidence needed to support compensation claims before many veterans become seriously ill. My decision will make those claims much easier to process, and for them and their families to receive the compensation they have earned through their service to our Nation."

The VA said it will try to identify and contact veterans with ALS, including those whose claims were previously denied.

[babylonsister]

1. Wow. Try to contact Vets whose claims were denied?

How convenient.

But this is good. A bit of progress?

[uppityperson]

2. k&r for it's a start, but lifespan after diagnoses is typically short, wondering how many have died.

Good that they will make it faster to process the claims, but bad for those who were denied and may be dead already.

[Ilsa]

4. And their families, who probably needed whatever benefit could be

obtained from recognition that their disease was caused by their military service.

[noamnety]

3. k & r

(I notice they don't put anything about this in their tv recruitment commercials.)