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

Huh? What sense does it make to think service related injuries only deserve compensation if they're combat related? I collect non-combat related disability for hearing loss from artillery fire (early 1970s). That's a condition I'll carry with me until the day I die. Whether or not it was in combat, my MOS required that I expose myself to the danger that noise posed. Without my hearing aids benefit I'd be nearly deaf. No, I don't think I should, and I don't, feel bad about receiving the assistance I get.

Hell no, I blew both my knees out in BCT running at night stepped in a pothole. Sucked it up because I didn't want to get recycled. Spent 10 more years serving my country. In that time, jacked my shoulder up and fortunately or unfortunately (depends on how you look at it) I was never deployed. No anyone who raised their right hand to protect against foreign and domestic threats should ever feel bad about getting disability.

Absolutely not. It's no different than being injured on a job and getting worker's compensation and long term disability. If you get injured on the job, it's on the job.

No.

No as log as it happens while on active duty.

Got to wonder, where should service connection line be drawn, especially when "injury" in question is post traumatic stress?

I first filed claim for compensation more than 15 yrs ago when I realized I've suffered from depression since I learned my discharge was finite, & I would not be able to enlist at later time as I'd been led to believe. That claim was denied on basis that I'd had a child before 1st anniversary of military separation. That, to me, means I was service connected 'til Day 366 of discharge. I learned 2 months after separation that I wouldn't be able to reenlist, so I had to have still been service connected when I was "sucker-punched." If I hadn't been injured in this manner, I wouldn't have been so vulnerable when I was raped & that raped wouldn't have resulted in pregnancy Dept of Veteran Affairs used as basis for denying my 1st claim. I was aware that women in military service were subject dishonorable discharge.

Dept of Veteran Affairs, imo, is always fishing for some reason to deny veterans' benefits. I've come to that determination in yrs since learning nearly 21 yrs ago that I could call myself a veteran, & it has all been made apparent thruout this time by analysis of different factors that have come to light during those 21 yrs.

First factor was my curiosity over only thing that arose at separation hearing. I was asked if I'd ever read The Prophesy by Jeanne Dixon. When I asked why I'd been asked, only explanation I got was that there was chapter about President Kennedy's assassination in book. Thru the yrs, I've realized question was aimed at fact Ms. Dixon had tried to discourage him from going to Dallas 'cause she sensed tragedy that awaited him there. In my case, I had tried to convince my CO that my newly orphaned siblings needed me as their matron (am oldest of 7 children our parents had) after we lost our last surviving parent. As oldest child of Native American mother when had supernatural sensitivity, I believed I was responsible for their emotional wellbeing at this tragic time. I could have explained my upbringing (eldest responsible for younger sibs in absence of parents) if I'd gotten more extensive explanation than "chapter about President Kennedy."

It was bad enough that, as female recruit, I wasn't offered hardship discharge when I requested "indefinite leave of absence," instead of being told there was no such thing. I wasn't offered spiritual guidance to get thru trauma of how I'd become family matron. Only emotional "guidance" I received was psych eval given to determine readiness for "him" to return to civilian life. Only legal guidance I received was when I was told how hearing would proceed. I wasn't provided with legal counsel at hearing & I can't help but wonder if there's even a transcript of my separation hearing. There was certainly no explanation of contents of docs I signed. Begs the question: is code cited for basis of separation (only word that makes sense is "Attitude") is reason I was hardly employable during my marketable yrs (1971-2017)?

Much has changed since I served in 1971. Now, you become veteran after serving one yr. Women with children can serve if they have someone to take custody of children while mother serves. Women are compensated if they suffer sexual trauma. Tricky point to this last point is that trauma must be life-or-death. This means V.A. can continue ruining our lives (life-altering situations) & we can't contend that they're responsible for PTSD.

No.

Civilians didn't ask should this GI get his ass shot up.

I have a 30% VA Disability. I enlisted at 17 and left active duty at 40, lots of physical changes, but no combat injuries. I received my letter documenting my 30% and disability payment and requesting me to come to the VAMC to get my ID.
I walked in, without assistance, ten fingers and ten toes, and showed my letter and got my ID.
As I left, I passed by vets who were disabled from combat, confined to a wheelchair, missing limbs, burns, etc. I felt empty. How could I be "disabled"?
I'm a Medical Service Corps officer and I understand the difference between a service-connected vs. my disability, but on a gut level, I still feel guilty when I show my VA Disability ID.

I am still trying to get C&P for combat related injuries from the VA. What non-combat related injuries can I apply for ?