combat injury
Harm from fighting
A combat injury is physical harm sustained during military operations or armed conflict.
The term appears in military records, veterans' benefits documentation, and medical contexts: He receives disability compensation for combat injuries.
Combat injuries range from gunshot wounds and shrapnel damage to blast-related trauma and burns.
The phrase distinguishes wartime harm from training accidents or non-combat incidents.
- woundCoiled, or an injury
- traumaLasting psychological wound
- battlefieldCombat engagement area
- war zoneArea of active conflict
- line of firePath projectiles travel
medic · shrapnel · bleeding · tourniquet · field dressing · casualty · walking wounded · soldier · gunshot · exit wound · amputation · missing limb · triage · veteran · scar · purple heart · field hospital · medevac
- war medicinefield hospital, field hospitals, field surgery, medic, military surgeons
- veterans benefitsVA benefits, veterans pensions, VA disability, veteran benefits, VA claims
combat injurytraining accident
Injury while preparing
accidental injury · sports injury · natural causes · workplace injury · self-inflicted wound
combat injuryfull health
uninjured · unwounded · intact · able-bodied · combat readiness
combat, injury, combats, combated, combatted, combating, combatting, combatant, combatants