The "official" theory that GWI was "all in their heads" or stress-related has been hopelessly flawed and now it is being turned over to scientists for investigation.

Very interesting...too bad this was not researched "officially" by scientists 14 years ago...

VA Changes Approach to Gulf War Illness
November 12, 2004 08:18 PM EST

WASHINGTON - The Veterans Affairs Department said Friday that it no longer will pay for studies that seek to show stress is the primary cause of mysterious ailments afflicting thousands of veterans of the 1991 Gulf War.

For years the federal government has pointed to stress as the likely reason for the sicknesses. But Veterans Affairs Secretary Anthony Principi said the VA will set aside up to $15 million for a year of Gulf War illness research and none of the money will be used to pay for studies that propose stress as the only explanation for the ailments.

"I've made it clear none of the $15 million will be allocated for studies related to stress," Principi said. "We are going to look at other possible theories as to what may be causing these undiagnosed symptoms."
Principi's decision comes as a result of a report issued Friday by an advisory committee he appointed.

The Research Advisory Committee on Gulf War Illness spent the past two years reviewing recent studies and recommended the VA abandon stress studies and focus on toxic substances veterans encountered during the war.

"We must embrace the possibility that unconventional theories given the time and resources to test them may lead the way to resolving and understanding the unforseen and unsupposed battlefield conditions that existed in 1990, 1991 and which may have tunneled silently into the bodies of Gulf War veterans," he said.

Many thousands of Gulf War veterans have experienced undiagnosed illnesses with symptoms such as chronic fatigue, loss of muscle control, diarrhea, migraines, dizziness, memory problems and loss of balance.

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