An injury or illness incurred by a Soldier while on Active Duty, caused by willful negligence on the part of the Soldier, would be determined to be which of the following?

• A. LOD-DOM
• B. NLD-MIS
• C. NLD-DOM
• D. DOM-LFD

Answer: (C)

When evaluating an injury on active duty, you look at two things: whether it happened in the line of duty and whether the cause was the Soldier’s own actions. If the incident is caused by the Soldier’s willful negligence, it does not count as being in the line of duty. The designation used reflects Not in the Line of Duty and that the disability originated from misconduct. This is why the correct classification is Not in the Line of Duty with the DOM indicator. The other options would imply the injury occurred in the line of duty or attribute the cause to a different factor, which doesn’t fit a case of willful negligence.