Could there be a link between HEALTH and MILITARY DEPLOYMENTS

So I have wondered more than a few times if my illness and those of other veterans were related to conditions experienced in the Gulf and/or Vaccines given to the military on deployments.  I was deployed overseas 5 times.  Not all to the Gulf but I had vaccines each time.  Could this be a cumulative effect?  I don't know.  Could this be the law of unintended consequences?  I don't know this either.  But given the statistics I present here from the VA it is something definitely think about.  The study clearly shows that there is a higher occurrence of chronic illnesses with between deployed and non-deployed veterans.  If you are a veteran and are experiencing an illness check out the yellow highlight area in the photo snapshot of the article below: