PERSIAN GULF WAR VETERANS AND RELATED ISSUES HEARING BEFORE THE SUBCOMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT AND INVESTIGATIONS, OF THE COMMITTEE ON VETERANS’ AFFAIRS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES ONE HUNDRED THIRD CONGRESS FIRST SESSION JUNE 9, 1993 Printed for the use of the Committee on Veterans’ Affairs Serial No. 103-17 ae U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE 72-989 ce WASHINGTON : 1994 ington, DC. 20402COMMITTEE ON VETERANS’ AFFAIRS G.V. (SONNY) MONTGOMERY, Mississippi, Chairman DON EDWARDS, California DOUGLAS APPLEGATE, Ohio LANE EVANS, Illinois ‘TIMOTHY J. PENNY, Minnesota J. ROY ROWLAND, Georgia ‘SIM SLATTERY, Kansas JOSEPH P. KENNEDY II, Massachusetts GEORGE E. SANGMEISTER, Iinois JILL L. LONG, Indiana CHET EDWARDS, Texas MAXINE WATERS, California BOB CLEMENT, Tennessee BOB FILNER, California FRANK TEJEDA, Texas LUIS V. GUTIERREZ, Ilinois ‘SCOTTY BAESLER, Kentucky ‘SANFORD BISHOP, Georgia JAMES E. CLYBURN, South Carolina MIKE KREIDLER, Washington ‘CORRINE BROWN, Florids BOB STUMP, Arizona CHRISTOPHER H. SMITH, New Jersey DAN BURTON, Indiana MICHAEL BILIRAKIS, Floris THOMAS J. RIDGE, Pennsylv: FLOYD SPENCE, South Carolina TIM HUTCHINSON, Arkansas TERRY EVERETT, Alabama STEVE BUYER, Indiana JACK QUINN, New York ‘SPENCER BACHUS, Alabama JOHN LINDER, Georgia CLIFF STEARNS, Florida PETER T. KING, New York ‘Mack FLEMING, Staff Director and Chief Counsel SUBCOMMITTEE ON OVERSIGHT AND INVESTIGATIONS LANE EVANS, Illinois, Chairman MAXINE WATERS, California BOB FILNER, California LUIS V. GUTIERREZ, Illinois JAMES E. CLYBURN, South Carolina MIKE KREIDLER, Washington SILL L. LONG, Indiana THOMAS J. RIDGE, Pennsylvania SPENCER BACHUS, Alabama TERRY EVERETT, Alabama JACK QUINN, New York 07)CONTENTS June 9, 1993 Persian Gulf War Veterans and Related Issues .. OPENING STATEMENTS Chairman Evans ... Prepared statement of Chairman Evans Hon. Maxine Waters Hon. Spencer Bachus| Hon. Mike Kreidler . Prepared statement of Congressinan Kreidier Hon. Terry Everett... Hon. Joseph P. Kennedy Ti Hon. Jack Quinn Hon, Bob Clement. Prepared statement of Congressman Clement Hon. Steve Buyer ... WITNESSES Ange, Michael Ray, Congressional Liaison, Military Families Support Net- work, Inc. Prepared statement of Mr. Ange Blanck, Maj. Gen, Ronald R., Commanding General, Waiter iced Army Medi cal Center, Department of Defense Prepared statement of General Bianck Canady, Hon. Charles ‘7, a Representative in Congress from the State of ori Prepared statement of Congressman Canady, with attachment Ensslin, Jr., Maj. Gen. Robert F., Executive Director, National Guard Associa- tion of the U. : Prepared statement of General Ensslin Gordan, Dr. Victor, Physician, VA Medical Canter, Manchester, Nii Prepared statement of Dr, Gordan Hinshaw, Jr., Dr. Charles T., President, American Academy of Environmental Medicine . Prepared statement of Mr. Hinshaw Hollingsworth, Kimo S., USMC Reservist, Rockville, MD Prepared statement of Mr. Hollingsworth .. Holsinger, Jr., Dr. James W., Under Secretary for Health, Veterans Health ‘Administration, Department of Veterans Affairs; accompanied by Dr. Susan Mather, Assistant Chief Medical Director for Environmental Medicine and Public Health; Charles Flora, Associate Director, Readjustment Counseli Service, Melanie Grishman, ‘Chief, Program Management Division, Social Work Service; Dr. Jessica Wolfe, Director, Women’s Health Sciences D: sion, National Center for PTSD; and Quentin Kinderman, Assistant Direc- tor for Policy and Planning, Compensation and Pension Service, Veterans Benefits Administration Prepared statement of Dr. Holsinger (au) 149 159 AT aii 118 314 9 165 79 281 312 91 294 17 183 120 339