The VA Advisory Committe Plans Schedule of Meetings

The VA Advisory Committe Plans Schedule of Meetings for Gulf War Veterans

by Denise Nichols,

The VA’s Advisory Committee is tenatively planning the following schedule of meetings.  Until they place on the VA Advisory Committee website this is their plan.

• January 14-15, 2009  Puget Sound, WA
• February 18-19, 2009  Atlanta,GA
• March 18-19,2009  Waco Texas

The chairman did say that the committee would travel as a whole body not sub groups of the committee. This is your chances veterans of the Gulf War that are ill and have trouble with claims and getting health care to speak up and be heard!
 
It is highly encouraged that you write up a 2 pager to submit.  It should include your personal details, name, rank, unit, where you served, when you got ill, where you have gone to get care and your experience with getting diagnosed and appropriate care, and also when you submitted your claim and problems with your claim approval.  You should include suggestions of what you think would help gulf war veterans.

These are open meetings and family members and survivors of gulf war veterans are also encouraged to come, submitted info, offer public testimony, or be a part of a patient panel at each location.
 
So you have advanced info on what their plans are that were discussed at end of their third meeting in DC on Nov 20th!  So make plans and help yourself and others by getting ready and commit to make our situation better.
 
This committee will also make a formal report to the Secretary of the VA after 18 months!
 
Please help get this word out far and wide.  Distribute and share by email, postings on websites, post flyers at VA and regional offices, get it into your veteran organization newsletter and notify the press to help.
 
Seems like VA does not really do outreach and we have to help ourselves and make this happen.
 
When was the last time you got a VA Gulf War Veterans Newsletter?  Right, now you know why I try to keep all of you informed.
 
Ps notify your US and State Reps and State Level Government.
 
Heck put flyers up at grocery stores I dont care how you do it just get the information out there for each of us Gulf War Veterans.