In an effort to learn what made some of these veterans sick following their service, the Oklahoma State Department of Health , the Oklahoma Department of Veterans Affairs and the State Military Department have joined together, with oversight from a committee appointed by Oklahoma Legislature, to seek information from Oklahoma's Gulf War veterans. In 1997, the Oklahoma Legislature passed HB 1239, creating the Oklahoma Persian Gulf War Syndrome Outreach Committee. The committee's charge was to provide education and resource information to Oklahoma's Gulf War veterans and establish a Gulf War registry of Oklahoma veterans. The law also provided that the Oklahoma State Department of Health document Gulf War-related health issues as reported by Oklahoma's Gulf War veterans. The Oklahoma State Department of Health will compile the responses to help identify the potential health risks associated with service in the Gulf War, and provide this information in a report to the legislature.
All responses are confidential and protected under the law.
Veterans will not be identified, nor will their benifits be jeopardized by what they report. The file below has been converted to PDF format.