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VA secretary establishes ALS as a compensable illness
WASHINGTON (AFPN) — Veterans
with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis, also
known as “Lou Gehrig’s Disease,” soon
may receive badly needed support for themselves
and their families. The Department
of Veterans Affairs secretary announced
recently that ALS will become a presumptively
compensable illness for all veterans
with 90 days or more of continuously active
military service.
“Veterans are developing ALS in rates
higher than the general population, and
it was appropriate to take action,” said Dr.
James B. Peake, VA secretary.
Secretary Peake based his decision pri-
By Dr. Gordon Hengst
Human Effectiveness Directorate
WRIGHT-PATTERSON AIR FORCE
BASE, Ohio (AFPN) — Air Force Research
Laboratory officials here recently completed
an extensive bioeffects research program for
an invisible, counter personnel, directedenergy
weapon known as the Active Denial
System.
Data showed that millimeter waves do not
promote cancer or cause reproductive problems,
and researchers also defined skin and
eye exposure thresholds, as well as levels at
which effective repel occurs.
Results demonstrate that the Denial
System, or ADS, can be used operationally
while maintaining a significant safety
margin, thus making the device a landmark
nonlethal weapon.
The bioeffects research effort also assisted
hardware developers in their design of the
novel weapon. The ADS program marks the
first instance wherein a nonlethal weapon
was founded on bioeffects research occurring
prior to, rather than subsequent to, the
weapons development process.
AFRL officials have been involved in re-
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marily on a November 2006 report by the
National Academy of Sciences’ Institute of
Medicine on the association between activeduty
service and ALS.
Titled “Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis in
Veterans: Review of the Scientific Literature,”
the report analyzed numerous previous studies
on the issue and concluded that “there
is limited and suggestive evidence of an association
between military service and later
development of ALS.”
“ALS is a disease that progresses rapidly,
once it is diagnosed,” the secretary explained.
“There simply isn’t time to develop the evidence
needed to support compensation
searching the operationally useful effects of
millimeter waves for almost 20 years. These
wavelengths occur in the one to 10 mm
(0.04-0.4 in.) region of the electromagnetic
spectrum, which means they are larger than
infrared waves but smaller than radio waves
or microwaves. Millimeter waves correspond
to radio band frequencies of 30-300 GHz. In
the late 1980s, AFRL researchers discovered
a particular effect of 94 GHz energy that
ultimately became the basis for the ADS.
The system focuses a beam of millimeter
waves occurring at this 94 GHz frequency.
The effect is a rapid heating of the human
target’s (adversary’s) skin that is extremely
uncomfortable and ultimately prompts the
individual to flee the beam. The AFRL Joint
Nonlethal Weapons Directorate, Air Force
Force Protection Battlelab, and Office of the
Secretary of Defense Advanced Systems and
Concepts Office funded ADS development
through an Advanced Concept Technology
Demonstration. This produced two versions
of the system: a mobile version that has since
served as a technology demonstrator and
a containerized version that is suitable for
operational deployment.
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claims before many veterans become seriously
ill. My decision will make those claims
much easier to process, and for them and
their families to receive the compensation
they have earned through their service to
our nation.”
ALS is a neuromuscular disease that affects
about 20,000 to 30,000 people of all
races and ethnicities in the United States. It
is often relentlessly progressive and is almost
always fatal.
ALS causes degeneration of nerve cells
in the brain and spinal cord which leads to
muscle weakness, muscle atrophy and spontaneous
muscle activity. Currently, the cause
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The new interim final regulation applies
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VA representatives on or after Sept. 23, or
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that date.
VA officials will work to identify and
contact veterans with ALS, including those
whose claims for ALS were previously denied,
through direct mailings and other outreach
programs.
Test results show Active Denial System as nonlethal weapon
U.S. Air Force photo
An operational version of the Active Denial System is shown. It is an invisible, counter personnel, directedenergy
weapon.
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