i am new to this at 78, but a wounded buddy of mine who i hooked up
with after 50 years told me i was eligible for comp on frozen toes i
have been walking on for years, numb.  i am not dumb just proud, but
that ends here, got my first check yesterday. so question is, as
devil's advocate has the dav been contacted or used on this before?  I
will this week.   the name is peter  born with petroc supposed to be
ancient tuscan

Hi again Petroc - perhaps some ancient Etruscan blood there??  They
did invent pasta you know (at least they provide the earliest evidence
for it in Europe.)  When Marco Polo went to China, he did not discover
noodles and bring them back to Italy.  What he actually wrote about
had to do with a description between the Chinese version of pasta and
the "Lasagna" he was already familiar with at home.  Good Etruscan
food.

Now for your question.  Detailed information about specific DAV cases
and specialized reports would be privilaged information, and even if
not outright prohibited, would be difficult for to uncover.  However,
even without the military battle connection, they are familiar with
manganism.  The mere fact that the tie between welding and manganism
is so strong and the total number of vets who are or were welders,
just as a small percentage of the number of vets in the pool, both in
civilian as well as military application, there would be a near 100%
chance the DAV has heard of it in one form or another.

So, a manganism claim would probably not be unusual.

What will be unusual, is the reason you are giving for your claim.
I.E., (the battle connection)  Whether one has ever been made, it is
by nobody I have ever heard who is looking into the
battle/Parkinsonism has ever done so.  We still don't have enough of a
connection established to make a truly credible case.

It is still a speculation with enough anecdotal material to give some
incentive to go further, which may make it "advanced" speculation, but
it is still speculation none the less.

I hope what little information I am able to pass along helps.  But
there is really very little yet available.  As much as I would like to
post a full reply in the answer box and make you feel a little more at
ease, I can't.

Some evidence is there.  They are looking for more.  But there is no
definitive answer I can give you.

By the way, if any of you other researchers or readers look at this, I
would love to be prooven wrong.  Go for it.  I will just join with
Petroc and say thanks.

digs

further tie in to parkinsons, plus.  your dad probably did the same
foolish thing that many of us did during combat time and that is use
the cannister size
{baby powder tins} but not baby powder, it was D.D.T...  i used it
almost every day for more than a week at times when we could not bath,
shake this stuff into my helmet, drop my pants shake it into my long
underwear, bottoms and tops.so much for that

the other is the Dr Leibman book on Parkinsons.  he has written a
section on manganism which is a fine study,  he describes the rolling
gate of a walk in manganism patients, the affliction mainly to lower
part of body,this is my condition, and more. it is not available to me
at the moment, or visa versa {somewhere in house i am alone at
moment}.  i will cull pages and quote later.  whoever has parkinsons
or related out there and does not know of the book it is worth the
purchase.  petroc[but i answer to peter]   wouldn't you?