Friend of mine was sent to a country in which there was an active named operation on a restricted posting for 1 year. He was employed with that named operation, but his chain of command was the OUTCAN unit. He filed a grievance and Comd CJOC agreed, giving him the allowances, tax free status and entitlement to the medal.
Moral of the story is go there, see what you're doing and if there's grounds to grieve. Expect an uphill climb if you're not in a named operation AOR and directly supporting their efforts.