Posted on Dec 27, 2017
Should Veterans feel bad about being awarded and receiving VA disability compensation for non-combat related injuries?
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This is not as easy a question is it appears on the surface. In a lot of circles of veterans I am not regarded as a full veteran because I was not in combat. So I inevtibally feel I don't deserve anything close to what a combat veteran receives. As a result my hearing is declining almost daily because of all the high noise evironments I was exposed to.
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SGT (Join to see)
SGT Tim Tobin - You deserve what you are entitled to as well. Don't hesitate to get what you have earned.
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MSgt Dale Johnson
Gonna raise the BS Flag here, if you did your job you deserve benefits as much as everyone else that signed the check payable to the United States in the amount up to and including your life.
I understand Combat Vets went through things and did things I did not, however, if folks behind them don't do their jobs then the guys on the front lines can't do theirs to the fullest extent either. After 23 years active duty supporting everything from the Arab Isreali wars in the early 70s through Desert Storm in the 90s the contributions of support personnel were crucial to the positive outcomes of those missions.
I was privileged to be personally involved in launching the assaults from Pope AFB on Grenada and again against Noriega in Panama. My proudest moment was sending B-52 armed with ALCMs against Saddam Hussein a full day ahead of everyone else because the left Barksdale AFB and flew non-stop to the Mideast before they launched their armament and returned to Spain. Tip of the Spear.
Was I in those planes, nope, but I did my part to make sure they were where they needed to be with the assets that were needed to ensure those in harms way had the best damned chance at success that I could provide and I am damned proud of the part I played.
I understand Combat Vets went through things and did things I did not, however, if folks behind them don't do their jobs then the guys on the front lines can't do theirs to the fullest extent either. After 23 years active duty supporting everything from the Arab Isreali wars in the early 70s through Desert Storm in the 90s the contributions of support personnel were crucial to the positive outcomes of those missions.
I was privileged to be personally involved in launching the assaults from Pope AFB on Grenada and again against Noriega in Panama. My proudest moment was sending B-52 armed with ALCMs against Saddam Hussein a full day ahead of everyone else because the left Barksdale AFB and flew non-stop to the Mideast before they launched their armament and returned to Spain. Tip of the Spear.
Was I in those planes, nope, but I did my part to make sure they were where they needed to be with the assets that were needed to ensure those in harms way had the best damned chance at success that I could provide and I am damned proud of the part I played.
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Not at all, I have 2 service connected disabilities - neither were combat related and neither disqualifies me from working (okay, I did have to leave one career I really enjoyed due to treatments I received) I am 0% rated, I am grateful for the opportunities I got in the service and the outstanding care I have received from the VA
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why should they feel bad about service connected disabilities that were not incurred in combat? why should a former infantryman feel bad for getting compensation due his job tearing the cartilage in his knees and shoulders from 15+ years of rucking, jumping, running, and all the other things required to do his job? or the arthritis that results from a lot of this? no - they should not feel "bad" for receiving compensation for injuries and disabilities incurred while serving that are not "combat related" - Combat related disabilities have a completely separate compensation table.
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Not in my book. I injured both of my knees on a bad parachute jump. I came down thru a pine tree where I got blown off course along with a number of others. My hearing is bad also from being field artillery. All this happened in "peace time" during the Cold War era. We as Cold War veterans, we trained just as hard every day as if the balloon would go up at any moment.
But do not ever try to tell me that I do not deserve my disability rating because I am not a combat veteran, or that my oath of office expired when I was discharged from the Army way back when. As that oath has no expiration date, never has and never will.
But do not ever try to tell me that I do not deserve my disability rating because I am not a combat veteran, or that my oath of office expired when I was discharged from the Army way back when. As that oath has no expiration date, never has and never will.
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Not all injuries are combat related. In the Nam very few of us went on sick call. However those seemingly minor injuries turned at times into big issues after some years. If you are referring to injuries that were not military in origin, then I say it's a kind of deception.
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I in no way shape or form and embarrassed about my VA disability. I was perfectly healthy when I entered the military and I developed the disease that I never even heard of while at a duty station and it will disable me for the rest of my life. Is someone who was perfectly healthy when they entered the military and disabled for life now that I'm out no way I deserve every penny of that VA disability, I would not be disabled today if it were for not for my time in the service. I had planned on making the military a career and let me tell you if I had known then what I know now I would have put in for mental health as well because I lost my career job. Being sent home with a destroyed body and being told "you are going to get $112 a month and medical care" is no way to treat someone that was willing to die for people that they never met after disabling them.
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SP6 Peter Kreutzfeldt
I would gladly give them back what they gave me if they gave me back my health
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Absolutely not! The preparation in some cases was what caused those injuries, so because they were WILLING to put their life on the line, it shouldn't be something to feel bad about. Of course anyone injured in combat should be taken care of! That goes without saying! But those injured in the many ways a serviceman or servicewoman could be during their time dedicated to the country should also be compensated.
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NEVER feel guilty about receiving benefits for which you are entitled. MANY of our US representatives SHOULD feel guilty about their ongoing benefit package. Many of them DO NOT deserve that.
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