(1) The pay will not be terminated due to administrative oversight.[/B]) Seems like an admin "oversight" or complete failure to meet their duty obligations.
can anyone tell me is this cumlitive or does it run one after the other? Also 600-6-4 does not exist it is 600-8-4. below is the table from the AR.
Table 3-2. Processing formal investigations
Person: MTF commander (commander having physical or administrative responsibility for the MTF in which soldier is treated or pronounced dead)
Action: Complete 5 copies of section 1,
DA Form 2173 . Send the original and 3 copies to the soldier's unit commander and 1 copy to the supporting MILPO. An extra copy of DA Form 2173 will be prepared for ARNG personnel attending Service school under the jurisdiction of the Army or on ADT under the Reserve Enlistment Program of 1963 (REP-63). This copy will be filed in the soldier's field MPRJ, which is returned to the State AG at the end of service school or ADT. For USAR and ARNG personnel who are injured during IDT and are treated by a civilian doctor, the doctor and the unit commander should complete DA Form 2173. When the incident occurrs while the soldier is away from his unit (that is, on leave, in transit, AWOL, and so forth), complete section 1, DA Form 2173, and send to the nearest Army unit with an appointing authority (State MILPO for ARNG) in the area of the MTF. However, when the incident occurs during a period when the soldier and his unit are training or on another exercise away from the parent installation, complete section I, DA Form 2173, and send to the parent installation CAC (State MILPO for ARNG). The MTF commander will provide the supporting documentation requested by the parent installation, MILPO, or responsible unit commander. The MTF will send the original and 4 copies to the State MILPO for the soldier's unit if the soldier is not Federalized and/or attending an Active Army Service School.
Completion time: 5 calendar days after incident or initial treatment (see
note 1 ).
Person: Individual's unit commander
Action: Request DA Form 2173 from MTF if not previously received.
Completion time: No later than 10 days after incident (see note 1).
Person: Individual's unit commander
Action: Complete section 2, DA Form 2173; attach supporting documents; and send original and 3 copies to the LD appointing authority.
Completion time: 30 calendar days after incident (see note 1).
Person: Appointing Authority
Action: Appoint a disinterested officer in writing to conduct the investigation. The same officer should be appointed to investigate all injuries or deaths that occurred as a result of a single incident. Officers who can offer evidence in the case and soldier's unit commander will not be appointed as the investigating officer. (The investigating officer may also be appointed to investigate a claim or possible future claim in accordance with
AR 27-20 if a separate claim's investigation is required. The LD investigation will be in lieu of the investigation by a claims officer required by AR 27-20 if the injury or death of the person whose LD status is being investigated is the only basis for claim against the Government of other party or agency.)
Completion time: 35 calendar days after incident (see note 1).
Person: Investigating officer
Action: Conduct a formal LD investigation as outlined in this regulation, make a report on
DD Form 261 , and send original and 3 copies to the appointing authority.
Completion time: 50 calendar days after incident (see note 1).
Person: Appointing Authority
Action: Review the investigation and complete the block titled "Action by the Appointing Authority" on DD Form 261. Retain 1 copy of the report and send the original and 2 copies to the final approving authority (or reviewing authority for ARNG). When the soldier is in the ARNG on duty under 32 USC 503, 504, or 505, the appointing authority will send the original and 2 copies of the report of investigation to the State MILPO from which the individual was ordered to duty. The State AG is the reviewing authority. USAR units conducting LD investigations will submit the LD investigation to the CAC having jurisdiction over the area where the injury occurred for final processing. (See
note 2 .)
Completion time: 65 calendar days after incident (see note 1).
Person: Reviewing Authority (ARNG only)
Action: Review the investigation, complete the block titled "Action by the Reviewing Authority" (see notes 2 and
3 ) on DD Form 261, and send the original and 2 copies to final approving authority.
Completion time: 70 calendar days after incident (see note 1).
Person: Final Approving Authority
Action:
a. Review the LD investigation and enter the official designation of the headquarters, the date, approval or disapproval of the determination (see below), signature, and signature block. (See note 3.) For disease, injury, or death, use one of the following:
(1) If approved, BY AUTHORITY OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY;
(2) If disapproved, substitute the following: Reasons for disapproval are: (give reasons) BY AUTHORITY OF THE SECRETARY OF THE ARMY
b. Distribute as follows:
(1) Death — Retain one copy and send the original and one copy to HQDA (AHRC-PED-S), Alexandria, VA 22332. (See
note 4 .)
(2) Disease or injury — Retain one copy and send original to the custodian of the soldier's OMPF. For officers: HQDA (AHRC-MSR), Alexandria, VA 22332-0444; for enlisted: Commander, U.S. Army Enlisted Records and Evaluation Center, Fort Benjamin Harrison, IN 46249-5301; for USAR personnel: Commander, USA HRC, 1 Reserve Way, St. Louis, MO 63132-5200; for ROTC cadets: in accordance with
AR 145-1 ; and one copy to the soldier being investigated. (See note 4.)
c. Criminal Investigation Division reports and classified material will not be included in the copy sent to the soldier.
d. If determination is "not in LD," final approving authority must also take appeal action in
paragraph 4-17 .
e. A copy of an LD investigation should be returned to the initiating MTF on all injuries concerning USAR and ARNG soldiers on AD for 30 days or less, or IADT, when they are patients.
f. The CNGB will retain the original. The CNGB will return one copy to the State AG. The State AG will annotate all copies to show final action taken by the CNGB and distribute one copy to each of the following:
(1) CNGB for file.
(2) State USPFO.
(3) Unit commander for file in the soldier's MPRJ.
(4) The soldier in accordance with
paragraph 3-12 .
Completion time: 75 calendar days after incident (see note 1).
