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I suffer from GWI and have been fighting for year...<br />I suffer from GWI and have been fighting for years to get recognition and effective treatment for this illness. Most of the VA providers have never even heard of GWI at least in Winston Salem and Salisbury NC which makes Tom McDonald seem like a liar when he tells us that he is making sure all providers know about this syndrome and know how treat it. At the end of 2014 my conditions drastically became debilitating and I had to go out of work. My company will not honor the disability insurance I paid for and the VA keeps denying my claims for disability rating and social security keeps denying as well. So I am sicker than I have ever been in my life, teetering on the edge of being homeless again while I have to not only fight for benefits but I also have to fight to get treatment in the hopes of at least being able to regain some quality of life. I have contacted countless Veteran Organizations and not one of them is willing to help. They only help post 911 veterans they say. It is sad to say but veterans who lost a limb are the lucky ones. They get treated, they get benefits, they get charity and houses and parades and medals and very deservedly so. We live in chronic severe pain all over our body. We live with severe fatigue. We deal with skin and rashes that itch all over. We deal with constant gastrointestinal issues. We deal with migraines and headaches. We spend our lives laying down often times writhing in pain. There are many other symptoms and issues we deal with as well please google it. 250000 of us in the US deal with this every day. I think the fact that no one has gone postal on the VA and IOM is sufficient proof that this is not some kind of mental defect. But the time has come for all 250000 of us and our friends and family and researchers to stand together and call the President and Congress, and lodge complaints on IRIS and with the VA and any other outlet you can think of. I am doing this as I can in my condition but I am one person. Together we can make a huge difference to wake America up to see how we are being treated. Demand of your VA provider that you get treated for GWI with the most recent research available every time you go to the VA. If we band together and all of us keep informed and keep demanding benefits and treatment and diagnosis then it will not be just one crazy vet but 250000 hero’s.<br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12531481017981270500noreply@blogger.com