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

In answer to your question - There is nothing for which to be ashamed.
Here's why -
It is estimated 42 million former military, Department of Defense Civilian, Intelligence, Foreign Service, and United States employees faithfully performed their Cold War duties.
These are estimates of Cold War Casualties in addition to the Korean & Vietnam Wars: 400,000+ suffered permanent bodily damage or death in non-combat related incidents and 59% died as a result of those injuries either immediately or in the final event their deaths were caused by those incidents.
A Department of Defense investigation reports 15,500+ United States Army personnel died of gunshot wounds, fragmentation & rocket propelled grenades, car & truck bomb blasts and numerous hostile fire incidents.
For example:
1. Of 15 incidents between 1975 and 1991 involving U.S. Military Aircraft during deployments directly related to the Cold War; 364 American aircraft (fixed and rotary) were lost, 187 personnel recovered alive, 36 recovered dead, 123 pilots, crew and mission-involve personnel missing.
2. In incidents in Western Europe, North Africa and the Middle East there are a reported 600+ US military service men and women along with a known 269 civilians with clearances are listed as missing during classified operations against the old Soviet Union. The U.S. Government has not revealed their fates to their next of kin.
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The following information is Copyrighted 2002 by The Associated Press. "COLD WAR between 2, September 1945 - 21 August 1991 Participants: Classified: POWs: Classified: MIAs: 343: Deaths In Service Involving Direct Engagement w/Hostile Forces: Classified: Deaths In Service: 407,316 excepting Korea and Southeast Asia.
Its known that 124 U.S. soldiers are listed missing in action from 10 separate Cold War Covert Operations during the Cold War."
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Since the end of the Cold War research into Soviet Bloc national records has recorded many of the missing 600+ and the 269 civilians that were unaccounted ended up in Soviet Gulags, Psychiatric hospitals and third-party nations such as Czechoslovakia.
We know several hundred men were interrogated by the Soviets, interrogation reports are present, but those men (and women) were never returned."
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Cold War: We have no reporting on those who ‘Died In Captivity’ that is reliable or would meet POW medal requirements that we are aware of. Most Cold War losses went unacknowledged until a decade or so ago.
We still have very many classified cases. There is evidence a number of Cold War losses fell into adversarial hands and ultimately died, and we just have no way of knowing who at this time.
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Many soldiers that survived their service during the Cold war participated in operations that were classified prior to their mission or were classified after the incidents.
Many incidents are still not declassified. Any documents relating to a classified will have instructions regarding declassification, if any, that will appear in the Classification Authority Block. Some documents containing national security information will not have declassification instructions and have been deemed too sensitive to be declassified.

No veteran should feel bad about drawing compensation for a service connected disability whether it was combat related or not. It bothers me to think that a non-combat debilitating injury that results in receipt of VA compensation for the veteran would stigmatize him or her. Bothers me, Hell, it flat pisses me off to think that may have happened to someone. Anyone of you out there disagree?

Absolutely Not
The fact that your had enough courage to sign up for boot camp is enough.
I work with disabled vets
Your disiblity could be a result of our Nation's Healthcare
9-11
Stands for 911
We got your health and education Occupied
911 9-11
See
ISIS autism Occupational Therapy
Is nothing more than chemical domestic terror
VA Psyc Wards are being shut down or exposed for using very young PTSD combat soldiers in fear conditioning drug research.
If the VA has you on a pill that comes with a black box warning
"May causes fear or suicide"
Please take a pic of your military medication along with the VA doctors name and email if you got it
Our Soldiers sometimes need our help
I believe our children and Soldiers need all our tension right now Obama had banned the use of one of the major fear conditioning pills that I am fighting like hell to get banned again the increase in suicide since 9/11 in veterans and young combat soldiers is not due to PTSD all our attention right now Obama headband the use of one of the major for conditioning pills that I am fighting like hell to get banned again the increase in suicide since 9:11 in veterans and young combat soldiers is not due to PTSD its from having horrible horrible PTSD and going to a medical community for help and then having that medical community drug you with a pill that treat your body and do thinking you're scared or depressed by simply blocking the production of certain proteins in your blood it's not even that hard like from a molecular pharmacology view it's not hard to do so keep an eye out on VA Hospital suicide the medically abused soldiers are now shooting themselves in the actual parking lots of the VA hospital where they were drugged and they're trying to say I can't speak for myself right now please speak for me

It comes down to what you may have seen on some shirts or signs - " All Gave Some -Some Gave All "! After ten years in the Navy, working in the Main Engine Rooms, with Numerous High-speed Turbines, the Noise level was comparable to working on the Flight deck. Were all personel wore Hearing Protection, But not in the Engine Rooms. I got out in 1970 by 1980 I knew I had a hearing loss. I filed a claim taking a full physical at the Philadelphia Navel hospital, they said I had a loss but at the time of discharge I signed a waiver for a hearing exam, and therefore I couldn't receive any disabled status, from that point on all the way until 2015 I fought on and off with the VA. From 1981-1994 I served in the Army Reserve in a Artillery unit, and again no Hearing Protection, but during that time,and after a annual physical one of the Army doctors noted my hearing loss was due to my Navy Service, which was unknown to me, until 2015 when I filed one last time with a VSO officer, who brought this fact to light. At long last, and with a now 95 percent hearing loss I got my 100 percent disabled veteran status, back pay, hearing aids, and a tax free pension in addition to my retired military pension...! In conclusion, " YES ", as long as it is military service related you should be compensated....!

I don't think any Veteran should feel bad in receiving compensation for injuries incurred while on duty but I do have reserves about someone claiming PTSD just out of basic training and receiving 40% Disability for it.

From The IG Desk: "Service Connectivity" is not restricted to combat-related injuries. Rather, it encompasses a universe of medical issues occurring during one's military career. For example, I was called to active duty during the Balkan Conflict and suffered an injury to my neck. I reported to sick call, was examined by competent medical personnel and put through a six-week program of physical therapy. The HHC Commander completed a line-of-duty (LOD) report. That, coupled with a copy of the medical report, were all that was needed to ensure treatment at any Veterans Hospital, a "Rating" appointment, and determination that disability treatment and pay were authorized. This applies to all service members in all branches of the U.S. military.

Today's world has come full circle. Forgotten is the service, sacrifice, dedication, good times, bad times of all who endured military service. I retired 22 years ago, but I hope all of the soldiers I served with get taken care of no matter what it cost this country.

Heck no. Please keep in mind that VA disability is like disability for any job. The service member is compensated for injuries occurring during their time of service. Also, combat related injuries are covered in a privileged way: https://www.dfas.mil/retiredmilitary/disability/crsc.html You get tax free CRSC for combat disability.

No way. Guy gets back broken while jumping out of an airplane you don’t say well it wasn’t in combat so no benefits. Or guy is conducting a night attack at fort Bragg, falls down an embankment and breaks his back and no benefits? Or even sucks up oil well fire smoke and is diagnosed with bladder cancer eight years later at the age of 30 and you say to bad so sad you should have been shot instead? where would the line be drawn?

No. As stated it is for SERVICE CONNECTED problems regardless of being in combat or not. Most of mine are related to Vietnam/Agent Orange but several are not combat related.