Ok.......think of this...........With the announcement and pronounced judgement the you are no longer a Jehovahs Witness......A DF person could not say......I am a JW but in a disfellowshipped state. they would be classified as no longer a JW. In all reality anyone could say they are a Jehovahs Witness. Anyone could chose to be a witness for Jehovah.
Oh well, maybe they just don't wnat the congregation to know if a person is out by choice or force.