Below is information for active duty personnel,veterans or their family and friends
to obtain helpful information pretaining
Veterans, Veteran Affairs, Veteran Support, and Gulf War Illness.
Active duty military personnel with questions or concerns about their service
in the Persian Gulf region: contact your commanding officer or call the Department
of Defense (DoD) Gulf War Veterans Hotline (1-800-796-9699) for an examination.
Gulf War veterans: If you need help with health issues or marital/family counseling -
contact the nearest VA Medical Center or VA Vet Center. A Persian Gulf Registry
examination will be offered. Treatment will be provided to eligible veterans. Or
call the VA Gulf War Information Helpline at 1-800-PGW-VETS (1-800-749-8387).
If you are seeking disability compensation for illnesses incurred in or aggravated
by military service: or a wide range of benefit programs administered by the VA -
Contact a Veterans benefits Counselor at the nearest VA regional office of health
care facility or call the VA Gulf War Information Helpline at 1-800-PGW-VETS (1-800-749-8387).
Veteran who have first hand information about incidents, conditions, suspicions of
exposure by chemical or biological weapons or depleted uranium that occurred in
the theater during the Gulf War and you think your health problems might be related
to that experience PLEASE call the DoD "Incidents" Hotline at 1-800-472-6719.
Federally Funded Research Projects
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Department of Health & Human Services:December 10, 2001
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VHA Handbook 1303.2: Gulf War (Including Operation Iraqi Freedom) Registry (GWR) Program - (Formerly Persian Gulf Registry (GWR) Program)
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The links below are to different websites that have information,
documentation, medical research, statistics, and other information pretaining to
Veterans, Veteran Affairs, Veteran Support, and Gulf War Illness.
Institute of Medicine of the National Academies
Desert Storm Justice Foundation
National Technical Information Service
Storming Media
Soldiers for the Truth
National Institute of Health
Department of Health and Human Services
Force Health Protection & Readiness
Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder
Depleted Uranium Information Page
Special Oversight Board
Walter Reed Army Medical Center
Department of Defense Global Emerging Infections Surveillance and Response System
Center for Disease Control
National Library of Medicine MEDLINE plus
Center of Military History
Anthrax Vaccination Program
Presidential Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veteran's Illnesses
Department of Veterans' Affairs
Health Affairs: TRICARE
Department of Defense Center for Deployment Health
DefenseLINK
DeployMed ResearchLINK
Gulf War Support Groups Directory
Iraq War Veterans Organization,Inc.
Amputee Coalition Organization
Soldiers Angels
Veterans and Families - Coming Home
U.S. Army Vietnam Veterans Associations/Organizations
Disabled American Veterans(DAV)
U.S. Marine Corps Organizations
GovBenefits.gov is the official benefits website of the U.S. government, with information
on 1,000 benefit and assistance programs.
