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WITNESS LIST

SUBCOMMITTEE ON BENEFITS

Hearing on Standards for Adjudicating Claims

Presented by Veterans Suffering from

Hepatitis C, Cerebral Malaria and Persian Gulf Illnesses

Thursday, July 16, 1998, 10:00 a.m.

334 Cannon House Office Building

Panel 1

Dr. Teresa Wright
Director of Gastroenterology
VAMC San Francisco

Dr. John Booss
VA Director of Neurology
Department of Veterans Affairs

Mr. Robert Epley
Director of Compensation and Pension Service
Veterans Benefits Administration

Dr. Nils Roberts Varney
Psychologist
VAMC Iowa City

Accompanied by

Dr. Paul Hoffman
Director, Medical Research Service
Department of Veterans Affairs

Richard Hipolit, Esq.
Office of General Counsel
Department of Veterans Affairs

Honorable Richard Standefer
Acting Chairman
Board of Veterans’ Appeals

Dr. Susan Mather
Chief Public Health and
Environmental Officer
Department of Veterans Affairs

Panel 2

Mr. Paul Sullivan
Executive Director
The National Gulf War Resource Center

Panel 3

Mr. Bill Russo
Director, Veterans Benefits Programs
Vietnam Veterans of America

Mr. Bill Frasure
Legislative Special Assistant
Veterans of Foreign Wars

Mr. Matt Puglisi
Assistant Director
National Veterans Affairs and Rehabilitation
The American Legion

Mr. Phil Ridley
Legislative Assistant
Disabled American Veterans

Accompanied by

Mr. Dick Wannemacher
Associate National Legislative Director
Disabled American Veterans

Statement for the Record

Larry D. Rhea
Deputy Director of Legislative Affairs
Non Comissioned Officers Association

Statement for the Record

Dr. Garth Nicolson
Chief Scientific Officer
Institute for Molecular Medicine
Huntington Beach, Calif.