Should VA remember Stats of Desert Storm Vets

Comrades yes,
it has been over 20 years since the first Desert Storm Vet applied to the
department of Veterans affairs for health care, benefits and research.
It hurts that it appears VA will allow the Stats our GWVIS to
be removed from Internet Access and buried out of public sight.
Speak up do not allow this to happen said Jagmedic
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Rather than host the former GWVIS reports or own up to any
flaws in its reporting VA has apparently decided to remove the
whole thing from the VA website.
http://www.vba.va.gov/REPORTS/gwvis/index.asp
( This is now a dead link )

I am flabbergasted that VA would simply dump historical records
and I guess pretend they don't exist. There was no reason to
remove the old GWVIS webpage. Not that VA was honest about
the full content from beginning to end, and only hosted 2005 to
2008 where the reports suddenly skewed downwards. All we have
left is the pdf link to the new report:http://www.va.gov/vetdata/docs/SpecialReports/GW_Pre911_report.pdf

This is disturbing in that this sort of just makes this look like from
2010 on all of this rather than talk about what happened from
2002 to 2009. Again, like what happened in February 2008 to
August 2008. Like that never happened.

VA should put ALL of the former GWVIS reports up on the VA
or VBA website for historical purposes. I get the distinct feeling
this was the brainchild of the Gulf War Illness Task Force who
doesnt feel the need to talk to the veteran community in public.

Thank you for your time and attention.

Sincerely
Kirt P. Love
Director, DSBR



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http://www.vba.va.gov/reports/

Reports are in Word, Excel, or PDF format. You may download free viewer and reader software to view the reports.

Monday Morning Workload Reports (MMWR) are a compilation of workload indicators reported by Veterans Benefits Administration field facilities.

Gulf War Veterans Information System Reports (GWVIS) identify the Gulf War Veterans service member population and how they use compensation and pension benefits.

Note: The GWVIS Report link has been deactivated due to the completion of the "Gulf War Era Veterans Report: Pre 9/11."

That report can be accessed here.

Annual Benefits Reports (ABR) are a summary of the benefits used by veterans and their dependents by fiscal year.

Performance and Accountability Report (PAR) contains performance targets and results achieved during each fiscal year.

[1] What is the GWVIS ?
Public Law 102-85, enacted on November 4, 1992, authorized the creation of the Gulf War Registry as well as the Gulf War Veterans Information System (GWVIS). VA began preparing GWVIS reports in 2000, and VA ceased producing the reports in 2008 after VCS observed that VA’s GWVIS reports were incomplete. VA has since confirmed that it failed to update computer programming to identify all disabled Gulf War veterans.

[2] Where is the GWVI-TF and why do they not demand the GWVIS report production in a through and timely manner (like Sept 2010)?

John Gingrich, Chief of Staff for the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), and Chairman of is the Gulf War Veterans’ Illnesses Task Force
(GWVI-TF, or “Task Force”).
the Task Force was designed as a matrix organization within VA that meets regularly to investigate allegations and perceptions, analyze facts and data, coordinate and review findings and proposals, and collaboratively develop recommendations.
The Task Force includes staff from the
Office of the Secretary (OSVA), VHA, VBA,
Office of Public and Intergovernmental Affairs (OPIA),
Office of Policy and Planning (OPP), and the
Office of Congressional and Legislative Affairs (OCLA).

The staff from these offices represented a broad spectrum of subject matter expertise and stakeholder perspectives necessary to ensure success. Members were charged with defining the key areas of review, consulting key experts and relevant stakeholders, and capturing the issues, data, programmatic and performance information necessary to inform their recommendations.

[3] How does the stakeholders organizations and veterans know the VA system is being used in behalf Gulf War Veterans with the data from the GWVIS or meetings/phone numbers/webpage of the Gulf War Veterans’ Illnesses Task Force ?
Is this lack of communication with the Taskforce valuable for gulf war era vets?
Will service connection for veterans Sunset?

Gulf War Veterans Information System (GWVIS) reports

he Gulf War Veterans Information System (GWVIS) provides the best available current data identifying the Gulf War service member population. The GWVIS reports monitor, in part, the service members’ use of Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) healthcare and disability benefits.
GWVIS reports are distributed each quarter during the following months: March, June, September, and December.

yes it is difficult to find the details of GW Vets who are
using the VA system. I was disappointed how quietly, sneaky
this information is published. It seems it stalled for months
and Congressional memebers are told this report is not Completed
this the 'day before" a hearing or before a NEW senior VA secY or
Depty Secy is appointed. Why is this ?

Is there a reason that the latest report pushes VA-RAC research
do not address clinical programs for chronic pain or fatigue
or Peripheral neuropathy issues/sympthoms in health care/beneifit rating

If this Report (GWVIS) being slanted, how would we stakeholders know? Jagmedic

gwvis_aug_2008
http://www.veteransforcommonsense.org/index.php/foia/1186-gulf-war-reports
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