Washington, Oct. 26 -- Rep. Mike Thompson issued the following press release:
Santa Rosa, CA - Rep. Mike Thompson (CA-04), Representatives Gus Bilirakis (R-FL), and Sarah Elfreth (D-MD) and Senator Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) led a bipartisan effort urging the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) to recognize Inclusion Body Myositis (IBM) as a presumptive service-connected condition, helping veterans with the debilitating disease access the benefits they have earned through their service.
IBM is a progressive, incurable neuromuscular disease that causes muscle weakness, loss of mobility, difficulty swallowing, and other serious complications. Despite its significant clinical and pathological similarities to Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS), whi...