# Clearance Granted to Applicant Who Failed to Disclose Military Service and Drug Use

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**Category:** SECURITY CLEARANCE NEWS\
**Created:** [May 15, 2017, 2:56am UTC](https://discuss.clearancejobsblog.com/t/clearance-granted-to-applicant-who-failed-to-disclose-military-service-and-drug-use/1346 "2017-05-15T02:56:45Z")\
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Originally published at: [https://clearancejobsblog.com/clearance-granted-to-applicant-who-failed-to-disclose-military-service-and-drug-use/](https://clearancejobsblog.com/clearance-granted-to-applicant-who-failed-to-disclose-military-service-and-drug-use/)  
   
In one of the more unusual security clearance denial appeals I have run across, a DOE applicant successfully pled his case in front of the judge after explaining the circumstances of why he failed to list his military service in the Army from 1978-1984. He also had to explain why he failed to disclose involvement…