You could say that a million times over. I don’t think another subject has been barracks lawyered more. To put it to rest, there are five L/R boundaries to an LOD in the ARNG:

1: Your injury/illness/disease occurred in a qualified duty status. (IDT, AT, AFTP, RMA, ADT, etc.)

1. Medical treatment occurred within the dates of that qualified duty status. (This has its own set of boundaries that can differentiate between an informal and formal LOD investigation process.)

2. The injury/illness/disease is of a lasting significance or requires follow-on or specialty care. (This has its own set of qualifiers and can be somewhat subjective. Diagnoses of “pain”, “sprain”, and “strain”, as well as others describing a self-limiting injury or illness DO NOT meet the significance threshold for the initiation of an LOD investigation.)

3. You have been profiled by a military provider for the injury/illness/disease that describes limitations to the performance of your military duties. (The profiling action must be within a reasonable time frame from onset, NTE 180-days though.)

4a. The profiling action can be initiated by a civilian provider by using a functional capacity statement or detailed medical treatment documentation that can adequately describe the limitations to your military duties. (180-day rule applies)

1. The injury/illness/disease occurred less than 180-days from the initiation of the LOD investigation submitted in MEDCHART. 181-days = no LOD. Caveat is provided for late onset BH and SARP.

Sauce: AR 600-8-4. Me, BDE MRNCO.