The case file
What an examiner reads, per decision
One action, one page, four elements. The file for a defensible decision, and the file for one that is not.
Defensible
Action act-153 · claims-adjudication
Date
2026-06-20
Elements
4 of 4
Consequential
yes
Status
complete
Decision, evidence chain, stated confidence and counterfactual all present. This action can be explained eighteen months from now.
Not defensible
Action act-1 · claims-adjudication
Date
2026-06-01
Elements
3 of 4
Consequential
yes
Missing
counterfactual
Three elements present is not three quarters defensible. Without counterfactual, there is no answer to why this decision was made — and it carried a real consequence.
107 consequential actions share this gap. It is an instrumentation fix on one code path, not a process failure.