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

It's not combat-related. It's service-connected. People get injured all the time in the service. They should receive benefits if it makes a life-long issue. My uncle has malaria from his deployment in Panama. Should he be denied benefits because he wasn't in combat?

What a stupid question. I have plenty of service connect FUs like AFFF, red lead paint, solvents cleaning engine parts et al. So far all I get is for hearing loss. The process took so long that it discourages me to apply for the rest as I may be dead by old age before they come to fruition.
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Not at all, a veteran is a veteran, combat or non-combat!!!! The military got the prime years of my life (17-36) and if I received qualifying injuries and or mental issues they should be compensated for by the government.

Veterans should not feel bad about compensation for non combat related injuries. Most, if not all military training places stress on the body and that can result in injury. That training is preparation for combat service as well, making it combat related.

Your back or knees don't care if the abuse they received came from combat or not. My ears still ring whether or my tinnitus and hearing loss occurred because of riding in M35 trucks in training or being exposed to loud blasts in Iraq. So know if it is service related that is the law. PS you ain't getting rich on disability. I would trade good ears for the $175 a month.

No. SMs have been worn down by Iraq and Afghanistan to include all the other events that cause stress. The tremendous number of requirements put on the soldiers have taken its toll.

Iraq and Afghanistan have really worn down the army. I specify the army because it provided most of the combatants, support units, and headquarters. The stress level can be high and sustained. The army created a system where soldiers that are subjected to:

- PCS moves.
- Training for deployment.
- Noncombat training.
- Deployments.
- Schools.
- Learning new jobs.

Throw in which can break the camel's back.
- Combat injuries.
- Noncombat injuries.
- Divorces.
- Sudden loss of a family member.
- Mental illnesses.

Civilians, in general, have much more stable lives, thus they are more resilient. SMs and specifically the soldiers have been worn down the last two decades.

The only thing that counts is a panel is needed to award the compensation based on the facts.

I think compensation should be as it is for everyone with service related injuries, but SPECIAL ATTENTION AND BENEFITS should be paid to Combat Related injuries. I have seen many people who have been in combat with purple hearts and are 20% or 30% Service Connected Disability and people who served in the Air Force or National Guard who have never been in combat with 100% and Total Service Connection Disability...Something is wrong there.

I think compensation should be as it is for everyone with service related injuries, but SPECIAL ATTENTION AND BENEFITS should be paid to Combat Related injuries. I have seen many people who have been in combat with purple hearts and are 20% or 30% Service Connected Disability and people who served in the Air Force or National Guard who have never been in combat with 100% and Total Service Connection Disability...Something is wrong there.

Answer is NO!
every single vet deserves there VA Benefits.

When you are on Active Duty, you are on duty and call 24-7,
what are you asking? or saying ,
that every service member that was Killed, or seriously Injured during Training missions do not deserve to Receive VA Disability Compensation ?
are you saying , that every Service member that was Seriously Injured because the service did not have the proper safety equipment , should not receive VA Benefits?

are you saying every service member that was Seriously injured in a car accident driving to or from work, or to there next duty station should not receive there Disability benefits?
are you implying every service member that was Seriously injured while working or doing routine maintenance should not Receive Disability benefits?
are you saying every service member who spent years going to the firing range and got injured by a firearm or weapon that should Malfunction, should not be Compensated by the VA
or is suffering from Tinnitus, ?

if you receive a injury while on active duty the Gov has promised to take care of you,
remember it is Approximately 7 % to 8% of the American Population has volunteered to serve and protect this nation, out of that 7% to 8% only 3% to 4 % is on active duty ,
the other 3 to 4% is retired vets from WWII , Korea, Vietnam, 1st & 2nd gulf war, and the war on terror , it not a large % of the American population that volunteer to serve and protect .