KEYWORD: Guideline F
DIGEST: The Board does not review a case de novo. Adverse decision affirmed.
CASENO: 15-03904.a1
DATE: 11/6/2017
DATE: November 6, 2017
In Re:
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Applicant for Public Trust Position
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ADP Case No. 15-03904
APPEAL BOARD SUMMARY DISPOSITION
APPEARANCES
FOR GOVERNMENT
James B. Norman, Esq., Chief Department Counsel
FOR APPLICANT
Pro se
The Department of Defense (DoD) declined to grant Applicant eligibility for a public trust
position.  On January 20, 2015, DoD issued a statement of reasons (SOR) advising Applicant of the
basis for that decision—trustworthiness concerns raised under Guideline F (Financial
Considerations) of Department of Defense Directive 5220.6 (Jan. 2, 1992, as amended) (Directive). 
Applicant requested a decision on the written record.  On September 1, 2017, after considering the
record, Administrative Judge Marc E. Curry denied Applicant eligibility for a public trust position. 
Applicant appealed pursuant to the Directive ¶¶ E3.1.28 and E3.1.30.
Applicant’s appeal brief contains no assertion of harmful error on the part of the Judge. 
Rather, it contains new evidence in the form of documents that post-date the Judge’s decision.  The
documents indicate Applicant is making payments on, or has satisfied, eight of the seventeen debts
listed in the SOR.  The Judge had found in favor of the Applicant as to three of the debts referenced
in her appeal submission.  The Board cannot consider Applicant’s new evidence on appeal.  See
Directive ¶ E3.1.29.  
The Board does not review a case de novo. The Appeal Board’s authority to review a case
is limited to cases in which the appealing party has alleged the Judge committed harmful error. 
Applicant has not made an allegation of harmful error on the part of the Judge.  Therefore, the
decision of the Judge is AFFIRMED.
Signed: Michael Y. Ra’anan     
Michael Y. Ra’anan
Administrative Judge
Chairperson, Appeal Board
Signed: James F. Duffy           
James F. Duffy
Administrative Judge
Member, Appeal Board
Signed: William S. Fields        
William S. Fields
Administrative Judge
Member, Appeal Board