I suspect that the Vietnam Vets have the best documented list of ailments ... very few of which were VA approved for presumptive disability approval. Removing the 'dioxin-only' items (about 2) this could be the list for harm of the WWI & WWII vets, the Korean Vets, the 'gulf war syndrome' vets AND today's soldier ... and all those in between whether during war era or not ... even for civilians

... what 2-butoxyethanol exposure does  *

Chronic Fatigue Immune Dysfunction Syndrome CFIDS should be there after serious FLU

I think the harm of EGBE gets blamed on a virus - I suspect it is a chemical that would be in exploding of things & goes back to the 14th century

... list of ailments ... 

Soft tissue sarcoma

Non-Hodgkin's lymphoma  (NHL & AIHA go 'hand in hand', by the way)

Hodgkin's disease

Porphyria cutanea tarda

Respiratory cancers (lung, larynx, trachea)

Prostate cancer

Multiple myeloma  *  *

PCT is a liver disorder characterized by thinning and blistering of the skin

Hepatobiliary cancers, Nasal/nasopharyngeal cancer, Bone cancer

Female reproductive cancers (breast, cervical, uterine, ovarian)

Renal cancer, Testicular cancer, Leukemia, Spontaneous abortion, Birth defects

Neonatal/infant death and stillbirths, Low birth weight, Childhood cancer in offspring

Abnormal sperm parameters and infertility

Cognitive and neuropsychiatric disorders

Motor/coordination dysfunction

Peripheral nervous system disorders

Metabolic and digestive disorders (diabetes, changes in liver enzymes, lipid abnormalities, ulcers)

Immune system disorders (immune modulation and autoimmunity)

Circulatory disorders

Respiratory disorders

Skin cancers, Gastrointestinal tumors (stomach cancer, pancreatic cancer, colon cancer, rectal cancer), Bladder cancer, Brain tumors

 

Also should include skeletal & degenerative discs - Any autoimmune issue of any body system or organ or gland

 

Did Dan have a serious flu? ... before esophageal cancer showed up?

Was it the cancer or the ANEMIA (not usually found)  ... that caused his death 8/4/08 ?  *