Issue Encyclopedia · Guideline H · Drug Involvement
Failure to Complete or Abide By Treatment
Does failure to complete or abide by treatment affect a security clearance?
Basis: 170 decided hearing-level cases raising this issue. Descriptive history of decided cases, not a prediction.
Decided cases
170
hearing-level decisions raising this issue
Granted
18%
30 granted · 140 denied or revoked
Official mitigating conditions cited
| Condition | In granted cases | In denied cases |
|---|---|---|
| ¶ 26(a) · So long ago, or so infrequent, that it is unlikely to recur | 7 | 7 |
| ¶ 26(c) · Prescription misuse followed a prolonged illness and has ended | 7 | 3 |
| ¶ 26(d) · Treatment completed, with a favorable prognosis | 4 | 5 |
| ¶ 26(b) · The involvement acknowledged, with abstinence established | 3 | 4 |
¶ 26(a) · So long ago, or so infrequent, that it is unlikely to recur
- In granted cases
- 7
- In denied cases
- 7
¶ 26(c) · Prescription misuse followed a prolonged illness and has ended
- In granted cases
- 7
- In denied cases
- 3
¶ 26(d) · Treatment completed, with a favorable prognosis
- In granted cases
- 4
- In denied cases
- 5
¶ 26(b) · The involvement acknowledged, with abstinence established
- In granted cases
- 3
- In denied cases
- 4
Circumstances credited in granted cases
- substance treatment completed · credited in 1 granted case
Recent decided examples
The judge found that the applicant's personal conduct concerns were mitigated. The applicant's conduct was related to an attempt at self-medication following a personal tragedy, and she has successful…
The judge found that the applicant's personal conduct concerns were mitigated by evidence of rehabilitation and a change in behavior. The applicant admitted to past illegal drug use and alcohol depend…
Applicant, a pro se behavioral health technician, was denied a clearance after the judge found security concerns under Guidelines I, G, H, and E. The record showed longstanding suicidal ideation, two …
Applicant, a pro se defense contractor employee, was denied a security clearance after the judge found unresolved concerns under Guidelines H, G, J, and E. The record showed repeated marijuana use and…
Related issues under Guideline H
- Marijuana (3,224)
- Unspecified Drug Involvement (1,590)
- Cocaine (714)
- Drug Distribution / Dealing (520)
- Stated Intent to Use Again (497)
- Drug Test Failure (376)
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.
Reading the statistics
- Granted = access granted or continued; Denied = denied or revoked.
- Grant rate = granted ÷ (granted + denied).
- † marks figures based on fewer than 20 cases, too few to be reliable.
- Hovering any rate shows its statistical range (a 95% confidence interval).
- Figures are descriptive counts over decided, public DOHA ISCR decisions, never predictions or assessments of any pending case.
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