Will it be quicker if I re-apply? (FBI name check)

[havil80 6]

I was reading about the FBI's name check procedure and it contains the following

 

Definitive responses used to support other applications are valid for 15 months from the FBI process date. A new name check is required in cases where the final adjudication and naturalization have not occurred within that timeframe or the name check was processed incorrectly.

https://www.uscis.gov/policymanual/HTML/PolicyManual-Volume12-PartB-Chapter2.html

My situation is I filed n-400 based on 5 years but with an absence of more than 6 months but less than a year at the very beginning of my residency,  so it could go either way based on what they think of my evidence. If I get rejected, I get to apply again in a year's time because by then that absence would have become irrelevant and would have fallen out of the 5 years prior to applying. Since I believe the FBI name check takes a good amount of time, does that mean that if I apply again in about 11 months it will be quicker because the first FBI check would still be valid, or is there something I'm missing? Would like to hear from anyone who re-applied within the 15 months FBI check validity and if the process was quicker the second time. Thanks  

Edited September 2, 2018 by havil80