UNITED STATES SENATE
COMMITTEE ON VETERANS' AFFAIRS
Sen. Arlen Specter, Chairman
Charlie Battaglia, Majority Staff Director
James R. Gottlieb, Minority Staff Director
REPORT OF THE SPECIAL INVESTIGATION UNIT
ON GULF WAR ILLNESSES
Volume 2
TABLE OF CONTENTS
[.pdf format]APPENDIX A: Maps of Khamisiyah Ammunition Storage Depot
APPENDIX B: The Air Force Technical Applications Center (AFTAC) Atmospheric Modeling Documentation
APPENDIX C: Letter from Dr. Bernard Rostker to Persian Gulf War Veterans Concerning Possible CW/BW Exposure
APPENDIX D: Independent Consultant Report by Valerie I. Lang, Ph.D.
APPENDIX E: Memorandum from Mr. Vincent Averna, Special Investigation Unit on Gulf War Illnesses, to Lieutenant Colonel A. J. Kuehn, U.S. Army
APPENDIX F: U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) Chemical Detection Log Entry
APPENDIX G: Chemical Detection Equipment Chart
APPENDIX H: Special Investigation Unit Staff Summary on the FOX Vehicle
APPENDIX I: Letter from Dr. Bernard Rostker to Hon. Arlen Specter
APPENDIX J: Maps of 1) Special Investigation Units' Visits to VA Regional Offices, 2) Special Investigation Unit's Visits to VA Health Care Facilities
APPENDIX K: Preconfirmation Questions from the U.S. Senate Committee on Veterans'Affairs to Hon. Hershel Gober and the Responses: Attachment 5 to Response Number 31
APPENDIX L: Letter from Kristine A. Moffitt, Director, Compensation and Pension Service, Veterans Benefits Administration, to VA Regional Offices and Service Centers
APPENDLX M: Example of the Weekly "Rockefeller Report"
APPENDIX N: Letter from Dr. Bernard Rostker to Hon. John D. Rockefeller, IV
APPENDIX 0: Letter from Hon. Hershel Gober to Hon. Arlen Specter Concerning Inaccuracy of Monthly Persian Gulf War Veterans' Claims Statistics
APPENDIX P: Preconfirmation Questions from the U.S. Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs to Hon. Hershel Gober and the Responses: Question and Response Number 47
APPENDIX Q: Preconfirmation Questions from the U.S. Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs to Hon. Hershel Gober and the Responses: Question and Response Number 39
APPENDIX R: Letter from General Accounting Office (GAO) to Hon. Arlen Specter Regarding Preliminary Observations by GAO of VA Health Care for Gulf War Veterans
APPENDIX S: Board of Veterans Appeals' Responses to Questions from the Special Investigation Unit on Gulf War Illnesses
APPENDIX T: Prehearing Questions from the U.S. Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs to Hon. Togo D. West, Jr., and the Responses: Supplemental Response to Question Number 47
APPENDIX U: Memorandum from Kristinc A. Moffitt, Director, Compensation and Pension Service, Veterans Benefits Administration, to VA Regional Offices and Service Centers Concerning Redistribution of Persian Gulf War Claims
APPENDIX V: Veterans Benefits Administration's Compensation and Pension Statistics on Persian Gulf War Illnesses
APPENDIX W: Veterans Benefits Administration's All Stations Memorandum Concerning Quality Review of Persian Gulf War Illnesses Cases
APPENDIX X: Quality Review of Health Examination Program
APPENDIX Y: Letter from Frank E. Young, M.D., Ph.D., Commissioner of Food and Drugs, Food and Drug Administration, to William Mayer, M.D., Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs, Department of Defense
APPENDIX Z: Memorandum of Meeting Between the Department of Defense and the Food and Drug Administration
APPENDIX AA: Memorandum of Meeting Between the Department of Defense and the Food and Drug Administration
APPENDIX BB: Letter from Enrique Mendez, Jr., M.D., Assistant Secretary of Defense For Health Affairs, to James 0. Mason, M.D., Department of Health and Human Services
APPENDIX CC: Letter from Enrique Mendez, Jr., M.D., Department of Defense, to the Food and Drug Administration
APPENDIX DD: Letter from David Kessler, M.D., Commissioner, Food and Drug Administration, to Enrique Mendez, M.D., Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs
APPENDIX EE: Letter from Department of Health and Human Services to Edward D. Martin, M.D., Acting Assistant Secretary of Defense for Health Affairs
APPENDIX FF: Letter from Dr. Bernard Rostker to Hon. John D. Rockefeller, IV
APPENDIX GG: Letter from Dr. Bernard Rostker to Hon. John D. Rockefeller, IV
APPENDIX HH: Department of Veterans Affairs Annual Report to Congress on Federally Sponsored Research on Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses for 1997-Appendices
APPENDIX II: Independent Consultant Report by Fredric Gerr, M.D.
APPENDIX JJ: Independent Consultant Report by Matthew C. Keifer, M.D., M.P.H.
APPENDIX KK: Independent Consultant Report by Michael D. Lehowitz, Ph.D.
APPENDIX LL: Independent Consultant Report by Shanna H. Swan, Ph.D.
APPENDIX MM: Independent Consultant Report by Melissa McDiartnid, M.D., M.P.H. (Reproductive Hazards)
APPENDIX NN: Independent Consultant Report by Melissa McDiarmid, M.D., M.P.H. (Report on Carcinogens)
APPENDIX 00: Special Investigation Unit's Report on the Allied Coalition Health Experiences