Unspecified Drug Involvement

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).

• acknowledgment and remorse · credited in 4 granted cases
• rehabilitation evidence · credited in 4 granted cases
• passage of time · credited in 2 granted cases
• abstinence period documented · credited in 1 granted case

Recent decided examples

• ISCR 06-26217.h1 granted · 2007
  The applicant in this case was a 28-year-old mechanical engineer employed by a defense contractor since June 2003, seeking to retain his security clearance. The allegations in the Statement of Reasons…
• ISCR 07-00968 granted · 2009
  The applicant in this case was a 36-year-old employee of a defense contractor who sought a security clearance. The allegations in the Statement of Reasons (SOR) involved concerns under Drug Involvemen…
• ISCR 24-01935 denied · 2025
  The applicant in this case was a 28-year-old employee of a defense contractor who applied for a security clearance on March 21, 2024. The Department of Defense issued a Statement of Reasons (SOR) on J…
• ISCR 20-01217.a1 denied · 2021
  The applicant in this case sought a security clearance but was denied by the Department of Defense (DoD) due to concerns under Guideline F (Financial Considerations) and Guideline H (Drug Involvement …

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