For decades the MoD denied my mystery illness. At last I feel I know the truth | Kevin Muldoon

Veterans like me have been waiting to know the source of our Gulf war syndrome. New research may finally give us answers

I was very fit and healthy when I was deployed for the Gulf war. I ran to work every morning and led the military fitness training. I was also into motocross and used to play rugby. Now, after 30 years of suffering from Gulf war syndrome", I still struggle to breathe and just a month ago I had to have an injection in my spine to block the pain from my damaged nerves.

For decades since the Gulf war, thousands of veterans have suffered from mystery illnesses. Part of that suffering has been not knowing the cause of that illness and not knowing what was really happening to my body.

Kevin Muldoon is a Gulf war veteran