Continued Use After Treatment

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.

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).

• abstinence period documented · credited in 7 granted cases
• rehabilitation evidence · credited in 2 granted cases

Recent decided examples

• ISCR 17-02475 granted · 2019
  The applicant in this case was a 52-year-old lead test technician employed by a defense contractor since 2005, who previously held a top-secret security clearance. The Department of Defense issued a S…
• ISCR 18-00686 granted · 2019
  The applicant in this case was a 40-year-old software engineer employed by a defense contractor since 2001, who sought a security clearance after being issued a Statement of Reasons (SOR) detailing co…
• ISCR 23-01596 denied · 2025
  The applicant in this case was a 61-year-old director of maintenance for a government contractor in the aviation field, who had held a security clearance since approximately 2010. The Defense Counteri…
• ISCR USAF-M Case No. 23-00056-R denied · 2024
  The applicant in this case was a military service member who sought a security clearance after the Department of Defense (DoD) raised concerns regarding his alcohol consumption and psychological condi…

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Related issues under Guideline G

• DUI / DWI (alcohol-incident dimension) · 1,578 cases
• Binge / Intoxication Pattern · 1,066 cases
• Unspecified Alcohol Incident · 976 cases
• Alcohol Use Disorder Diagnosed · 739 cases
• Treatment Non-Compliance · 524 cases
• Alcohol-Related Arrest (non-DUI) · 282 cases