There are likely to be other possible causes, so ask your doctor about your symptoms. 1  Muscle injury. 2  Bed rest. 3  Immobility. Nerve injury Neuropathy.  Diabetes - may cause neuropathy; also muscle loss from muscle breakdown due to hyperglycemia (the cause of 1  ketones). Rheumatoid arthritis.  Motor neurone 1  diseases. Duchenne muscular dystrophy.
World War 2 ended on August 1945, so it has been 67 years as of September 2012.
The agency estimates that only 1.71 million Americans are alive today who served during World War II between 1941 and 1945. Elderly veterans place a heavy responsibility on the VA to provide for their health, welfare and employment needs.