I'm just trying to figure out what this means to the vets now . . . are you saying that before now, they didn't cover these illnesses; like MS and Cancer (no matter what the "cause")?

My friend, who is a US vet, was medically retired with MS. He thinks it was caused by uranium while in this latest war (came home in 2004, I think), but he has been getting a medical pension just because of the MS (regardless of the cause).

With this ruling, are they going to be entitled to more now, or ... what is the actual benefit?

Cherie