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

No! You've served your time and suffered illness or injury during your service. No reason to feel bad.

If you were injured at work on a civilian job, you’d qualify for workman’s comp to begin with. No you were injured. Even if off duty. Any civilian injured anytime in the US., will be taken care of. Look what Congressional members get for life even if only serve one term. I think at least five times the amount a 100% service connected Nam vet like me, receives.

Our vets deserve everything they get without question

It's only out of necessity that a person would ever want one. I am a 50% retired PFC. I ask you who would want to be a retired PFC? My short but illustrious carrier during peace time service left me with a 30% service connected disability from 1983 to 2014. In 2014 complications arose to the point I became 70% and equal to 100% with the VA. I have pointed out my entire life that i didn't see combat. The key to feeling ok about it all is those two words SERVICE CONNECTED.

The Vets who worked on the tanks, jeeps bombers, F-4 fighters, medics-- we are supposed to be a team!!!

There is one area or event that I believe does and should deny disability to a veteran and that is IF he/she is AWOL or if the injury is self-inflicted.

Cold war vets have some satisfaction, knowing they volunteered even if there were no wars. And when we left no one tried to start any. As we were still a force to reckon with after Korea .
We volunteered to serve not because of the possibility of compensation we might have received if war broke out. But for the "Honor to Serve our country"
Having been exposed to radiation as one of America's "Atomic Veteran's " is an example of injuries that happen during "Peace Time" "Friendly Fire", " The Nuclear bullet we took was from our own", and thought unexpected, we did our time and put our "assets on the line". Other injuries are as stated, part of the Job, so any and all compensation is welcome when you put your time in, and had a disability, any way shape or form.
It took many years , but thank God for our service organization and it founders, Leaders , Orville, and wife Wanda Kelly, their Atomic Veterans Organization, opened the compensation door for us.
No medals, no ribbons, no awards, lip service and shortened life span, but at least compensation. God Bless America and fight for what's right. Feel Bad - Hell No!
Mat Mulqueen U.S. Navy,
life member DAV.

No, we should not feel bad about ot at all.After all its' lawfully Right, Approved.We should never feel bad about recieving what help we can get.Some will say we should feel awful,but I will only feel grateful, if a veteran needed this help and The Government is willing to give it,Beside it will stimulate the economy just like others monies given or programs out there

This may not be the appropriate way to answer however here we go. Just like a civilian Job if you are injured on the job you get health care through the system, that is standard now if you work for an employer that has no benefits well you should have found an employer that does. Now you have Military contractors that receive health benefits through the VA. They have never put a uniform on.

Soldiers in the Active duty time get injured that is the nature of what they do. When they do the medical folks take care of them until they get out Medically, Retired,...…… with an other than dishonorable discharge. I do Not see the difference between training for Combat and Combat except the real time injuries and Mental stress. Both should be taken care of but a combat injury should receive a greater compensation.

I could be here all day explaining why but short story one earn it the same as the other did.
Let us remember some of us were promised all those years ago things that they now do not receive. JMTC

Being in the service is inherently dangerous. Injuries happen. Disability can happen at any time, in peace time or during a war. Disability pay is the service members protection. Jumping from planes, flying in aviation assets, are examples of work that can result that can result in disability. Other MOSes can also name inherently dangerous actions. It is quite possible to end up in a wheel chair without leaving CONUS. Why should anyone risk death or disability while serving without protection? It makes no sense to limit disability pay to combat injuries. No one could afford the risk to themselves or there families of being disabled and not compensated.