And you did not answer the question.  Should the costs of war, military equipment, the VA be considered in the defense budget?  

By the way, the CBPP, a Washington think tank, would likely agree with me.  See: 
https://www.cbpp.org/blog/house-budget-uses-gimmick-for-more-defense-funding
https://www.cbpp.org/blog/house-bill-would-circumvent-budget-cap-for-defense  

That the CBPP uses the defense budget as it is characterized in the federal budget does not mean that the other defense spending is not defense spending in practice.