VA Health Care: Preliminary Observations on Medical Care Provided to Persian Gulf Veterans

HEHS-98-139R Published: Apr 20, 1998. Publicly Released: Apr 20, 1998.

Highlights

Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO provided information on the Department of Veterans Affairs' (VA) efforts to provide health care to Persian Gulf veterans, focusing on whether VA is following the processes it established for providing health care to Gulf War veterans.

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