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Study: Gulf War syndrome doesn't exist :

AP - 10 minutes ago

WASHINGTON - There is no such thing as Gulf War syndrome, even though U.S. and foreign veterans of the war report more symptoms of illness than do soldiers who didn't serve there, a federally funded study concludes.
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Of course. A government funded study is always going find in favor of the government when the outcome could be detrimental to the government.
The government is just like your average insurance company. Especially Medicare. Their policy is to automatically deny any claim, then leave it up to you to contest it.