Well, my dad was a partly disabled vet, I was permanently disabled in a bad parachute jump, but I hid my disability until I left a year later, because the injury was causing a physical deterioration.
I have a friend with my same injury, that collects a princely sum.
Many of my vet friends collect various disability checks.
You don’t always have to be so sensitive about being a vet, lots of us are.
I've had people HERE tell me that veterans don't deserve anything different than anyone else, they're nuthin' special, etc, etc.