for VAL patients

@@ -318,14 +318,12 @@ if strcmpi(patientCode(5:end),'STR')
     end
 end
 val_flag = 0;
+% VAL patients have fixed parameters
 if strcmpi(patientCode(5:end),'VAL')
-    load('/gin/data/database/02-raw/stim_parameters-ftract-val.mat','stim_params')
-    Loc = find(ismember(stim_params.PCode, patientCode), 1);
-    if ~isempty(Loc)
-        fre_flag = 1;
-        Frq = stim_params.Freq{Loc};
-        Amp = stim_params.Ampl{Loc};
-        Pul = stim_params.Pulse{Loc};
+    val_flag = 1;
+    Frq = '1Hz';
+    Amp = '3mA';
+    Pul = '500us';
     for n = 1:length(KeepEvent)
         undsc = strfind(Notes{KeepEvent(n)},'_');
         if ~isempty(undsc)
@@ -339,7 +337,6 @@ if strcmpi(patientCode(5:end),'VAL')
     D2(:,:,:) = D(:,:,:);
     save(D2);
     fprintf('\n \n MESSAGE: .. %s parameters updated ..::\n',patientCode);
-    end
 end