yep thats kind of my point, PSTD is a real enough thing that it can legitimately cause symptoms and leave traces in the blood.

The problem is that those are almost exactly the same kind of processes that theoretically could result in an "illness ray" leaving traces in the bloodstream.

A big problem here is probably that the US government haven't yet fully internalized how real PSTD and other stress related symptoms are, and is still treating it as if kind of "fake" especially when it comes to paying for treatments. so the people campaigning for getting the victims help is forced to push some sci-fy inspired illness ray theory.

That's neat, but the gap between going to a GP and getting that test administered in the US seems difficult to bridge.