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VA rejects link between Gulf War service and cancers

July 8, 2014

The Department of Veterans Affairs has rejected a request from members of Congress and veterans advocates to make brain cancer, lung cancer and migraines presumptive conditions for Gulf War veterans. Officials said they cannot prove the high rate of these illnesses among Gulf War vets are related to military service.

VA officials said the number of brain cancer deaths for troops exposed to sarin gas was too low to be conclusive, though it was double the rate of troops not exposed.

And the rate of lung cancer deaths, though 15% higher than those who did not serve in the 1991 Gulf War, is “inconclusive” because researchers did not know how many of the servicemembers smoke.

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