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Purpose

This regulation prescribes policies and procedures for investigating the circumstances of disease, injury, or death of a soldier. It provides standards and considerations used in determining line of duty (LD) status.

Applicability. This regulation applies to the Active Army, the Army National Guard, and the U.S. Army Reserve; members of the Reserve Officer's Training Corps Simultaneous Memberships Program; cadets of the U.S. Military Academy; and cadets and students enrolled in Senior Reserve Officers' Training Corps and applicants for enrollment while engaged in a flight or in flight instruction authorized by Section 2110, Title 10, United States Code, or while performing authorized travel to or from or while attending training or a practice cruise under Section 2109, Title 10, United States Code. (Section 8140, Title 5, United States Code) During mobilization the proponent may modify chapters and policies in this regulation.