Green Beret Staff Sgt James Alford is buried with full honors 12/5/08 article

 James Alford  * was diagnosed in June 2003 with Creutzfeldt-Jakob Disease, a rare and fatal brain disorder that leads to progressive dementia and neuromuscular deficits.

and this has shown up as a birth defect for gulf war vets' kids

What about children of our Vets?  *

Preterm, Connective Tissue Disorders, cleft lip / pallet, difficulty concentrating - remembering, hemangiomas, severe asthma, allergies, a heart murmur, stomach and gastrointestinal problems, ADHD,  constantly sick; can't remember what they just learned, bones are aching; autoimmune liver - organs shut down, born without the embryonic fluid, failure to thrive, diabetes, heart defect (Ventricular Septal Defect or VSD), brain defect (Lissencephaly), Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) , pneumonia (autoimmune?),  osteopenia, Autism, Barrett's Esophagus, cyst in the spinal cord caused by brain fluid leaking, unexplained infertility, miscarriages, sperm severely amorphous, trouble staying pregnant - in-womb babies die at 3 months

What others?

What Birth Defects are more common among Veterans?  abbreviated