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Compulsive / Addictive Sexual Behavior

What the decided record shows for this issue, computed from public DOHA hearing-level decisions. Descriptive history, never a prediction.

Decided cases
96
verified hearing-level decisions
Granted
14%
13 granted · 83 denied or revoked

Official mitigating conditions in play

The formal mitigating conditions (by official paragraph) that case profiles identified on this issue, in cases that were granted vs denied. Extracted for a subset of cases; counts are cases, not percentages of everything. Read what each condition says.

ConditionIn granted casesIn denied cases
¶ 14(b)94
¶ 14(c)93

What judges credited in granted cases

Specific circumstances the judge expressly credited, among the granted cases on this issue where that detail was extracted (a subset of the record, so these are raw counts, not rates).

  • rehabilitation · credited in 2 granted cases

Recent decided examples

  • ISCR 20-00556 granted · 2021
    The applicant in this case sought a security clearance and faced allegations under Guidelines D (sexual behavior) and E (personal conduct) due to a diagnosed fetishistic disorder. The Statement of Rea
  • ISCR 19-03523 granted · 2022
    The applicant in this case was a 34-year-old employee of a defense contractor who applied for a security clearance in April 2019. The Defense Counterintelligence and Security Agency issued a Statement
  • ISCR 17-01741 denied · 2019
    The applicant in this case was a 58-year-old employee of a federal contractor seeking to maintain his security clearance. The Department of Defense issued a Statement of Reasons (SOR) citing security
  • ISCR 18-00659 denied · 2019
    history of dishonesty regarding his behavior. The administrative judge noted that while Applicant has made efforts to address his issues through counseling and participation in Sexaholics Anonymous, t

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