Emphasis is placed on well-defined, clinically diagnosed subpopulations of Gulf War Veterans.
Therapeutic approaches should emphasize therapies of demonstrated potential benefit and known risk. Planning Request submissions are open to all VA investigators but must be responsive to the content areas and parameters outlined in this announcement. In August of 1990, the United States began deployment of troops to the Persian Gulf area. Approximately 697,000 military personnel served in Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Iraq and other countries in the Persian Gulf area. While there were relatively few combat casualties and less than 200 battle deaths, Gulf War veterans were subject to a variety of environmental exposures, both natural and man-made, that could have potentially harmful effects on exposed individuals.