Erroneous VA Letters Re: Lou Gehrig's Disease

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Washington, DC

According to media reports, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) announced it will apologize personally to veterans who received erroneous letters saying they had been diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's disease.
VA employees were still trying to determine exactly how many veterans mistakenly received letters intended to inform people with ALS, or Lou Gehrig's disease, of benefits available to them or surviving spouses and children.

VA officials said the department mailed more than 1,800 letters last week and had been notified by fewer than 10 veterans who received them in error. But the National Gulf War Resource Center, a veterans group, said at least 1,200 veterans received the letters by mistake.