Issue Encyclopedia · Guideline G · Alcohol
Alcohol Use Disorder Diagnosed
Does alcohol use disorder diagnosed affect a security clearance?
Basis: 755 decided hearing-level cases raising this issue. Descriptive history of decided cases, not a prediction.
Decided cases
758
hearing-level decisions raising this issue
Granted
26%
198 granted · 557 denied or revoked
Official mitigating conditions cited
| Condition | In granted cases | In denied cases |
|---|---|---|
| ¶ 23(b) · The pattern acknowledged, with modified use or abstinence established | 54 | 11 |
| ¶ 23(a) · So much time has passed, or the incidents were so infrequent | 37 | 5 |
| ¶ 23(c) · In counseling or treatment, with satisfactory progress | 30 | 4 |
| ¶ 23(d) · Treatment and aftercare completed, with abstinence established | 29 | 3 |
¶ 23(b) · The pattern acknowledged, with modified use or abstinence established
- In granted cases
- 54
- In denied cases
- 11
¶ 23(a) · So much time has passed, or the incidents were so infrequent
- In granted cases
- 37
- In denied cases
- 5
¶ 23(c) · In counseling or treatment, with satisfactory progress
- In granted cases
- 30
- In denied cases
- 4
¶ 23(d) · Treatment and aftercare completed, with abstinence established
- In granted cases
- 29
- In denied cases
- 3
Circumstances credited in granted cases
- abstinence period documented · credited in 2 granted cases
- substance treatment completed · credited in 2 granted cases
- rehabilitation evidence · credited in 1 granted case
Recent decided examples
This case involves security concerns regarding the applicant's alcohol consumption, drug involvement, psychological conditions, and personal conduct. The applicant admitted to several allegations rela…
Applicant, a defense contractor employee, was granted a clearance under Guideline G. The SOR alleged long term excessive alcohol use, current vodka consumption, two alcohol related arrests in 2008 and…
The case involves an applicant seeking security clearance who faced allegations under Guidelines I, G, and E, primarily related to psychological conditions, alcohol consumption, and personal conduct. …
The case involves an applicant seeking security clearance who has a history of alcohol dependency and related incidents. The applicant admitted to several allegations regarding past treatment for alco…
Related issues under Guideline G
How these numbers are measured
Scope: decided hearing-level cases whose per-allegation profile records this issue, matched to the same issue value the search filters use, so a count here and a filtered search always agree. A case raising several issues counts under each one. The mitigating conditions and the credited circumstances below were extracted for a subset of the record, so both are counts of cases rather than rates. Pages exist only for issues with at least 25 decided cases, and † marks any split built on fewer than 20.
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- Figures are descriptive counts over decided, public DOHA ISCR decisions, never predictions or assessments of any pending case.
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