Law: Gulf veterans win a skirmish The Government denies that there is any such thing as Gulf War Syndrome, but a recent Pensions Appeal Tribunal ruling has raised the hopes of Gulf veterans. The news will please one former British soldier and many comrades. JON ROBINS reports

The Independent - London | June 11, 2002| | Copyright

Shaun Rusling, a former sergeant in the parachute regiment who served in the Gulf war, is struggling to explain what it is like to suffer from a medical condition that doesn't officially exist. He offers a guided tour of the contents of his medicine cabinet as tangible evidence of what "Gulf War Syndrome" means to him.

It is larger and more jam-packed than a well-stocked larder, and bears witness to the irreparable damage done to his physical and mental health. "I have regular steroid injections, steroid tablets and then about 14 other tablets a day," he says. "I have lost my libido, I'm on ...

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