Should Veterans feel bad about being awarded and receiving VA disability compensation for non-combat related injuries?

There are service-connected disabilities not related to combat. Don't know why anyone should feel badly about getting the compensation allowed by law. I am drawing compensation based on exposure to Agent Orange.

We should all fee badly about being awarded VA disability compensation for non-service related disabilities, Service related regardless of combat vs non-combat makes no difference both should be paid out to a well deserving vet.

Heck no. VA disability is for any disability that is brought about as a result of time in service. It has nothing to do with whether the member was in combat, although that is where most disability likely stems from.

My own father received disability due to his exposure to agent orange in Vietnam and this was near life saving as it meant a better quality of care and living. No Veteran, no service member should ever feel badly about applying for an honestly earned disability.

Disability Compensation should never be felt bad about, justified and deserved would help the individual.

No.

No.

We don't pay our military/veterans enough as it is, so any health care or disability benefits they need, we should pay. PERIOD.

At first I did and at times I still do feel bad about receiving disability. Even though my injury happened at peace time ( somewhat), it still happened while serving. The worst part for me is when no one believed that I had an injury and the harassment that everyone gave me. That didn't stop till I got and MRI done. I was real happy when the Dr. called and told the FstGgt how extensive my injury was. And that my service time would be coming to an end. The battalion still took me on a deployment, and shit flew when I fell out of a run. I followed orders not wanting a court marshal, and when the Battalion Dr. was asked why I was there he replied because you LCol wanted him here. Well that was a small part of the story. Either way it's hard to be broken without ever being able to be whole again. I would not change the part of serving, it was and is still a part of me that I can't let go of. Age don't define a man, his actions does. Joining the Marines, defined me !

I have people tell me I don't deserve my compensation for my service related injuries because I served during peace time. I am 80% and trying to up my percentage so my kids can go to college, and my own daughter asks me why am I doing it? Why do I want more money? I am a cold war vet. I was in the FRG when they tried to blow up Gen Haig, and lets not forget the wall was still up. Oh and where was I when Bader-Meinhof was operational? I am not suicidal or totally incompetent but, I only go to take my daughter to school and get groceries. No one comes to visit me, no one is helping me get my dog trained. The VFW won't let me join, I didn't serve in wartime! I stay away from people because strange stuff falls out of my mouth when I do. Words out of sequence, sometimes I get lost in places I've been a hundred times. I am alone and even my kids don't seem to care....Yes I was a "PEACE TIME" soldier........it ruined my life and as Dangerfield says "I get no respect" Sorry I've just had it up to here and I can't be sugar sweet all the time

Absolutely not. I have seen freak accidents happen in day to day ops, training excercises, field problems, even motor stables. Everything we do is in preparation for combat. Should a professional athletes not get compensated because he was injured in practice or training camp? Either way the soldier is serving regardless of what mission his/her units oporder conveys. If it's in your military medical records, it is service connected. Period