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Issue Encyclopedia · Guideline H · Drug Involvement

Failure to Complete or Abide By Treatment

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

Decided cases
171
verified hearing-level decisions
Granted
18%
30 granted · 141 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
¶ 26(a)77
¶ 26(c)73
¶ 26(d)45
¶ 26(b)34

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).

  • substance treatment completed · credited in 1 granted case

Recent decided examples

  • ISCR 06-17264.h1 granted · 2007
    The judge found that the applicant's personal conduct concerns related to her failure to disclose her marijuana and cocaine use on her security clearance application were not proven. The applicant had
  • ISCR 06-18599.h1 granted · 2007
    The Applicant had a long history of alcohol abuse but has not consumed any alcoholic beverages since May 2004. The judge found that the Applicant's past alcohol consumption was excessive, but credited
  • ISCR 20-00892 denied · 2022
    The applicant in this case was a 62-year-old instrument repairer employed by a defense contractor since 1982. The Defense Office of Hearings and Appeals (DOHA) addressed security concerns under Guidel
  • ISCR 20-03591 denied · 2022
    the applicant may be able to demonstrate that the behavior is unlikely to recur. In this case, the applicant had not engaged in any alcohol-related incidents since his termination in January 2019, and

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