diff --git a/src/__tests__/baselines/source-function-lines.json b/src/__tests__/baselines/source-function-lines.json
index a9e9c0346..a23121b84 100644
--- a/src/__tests__/baselines/source-function-lines.json
+++ b/src/__tests__/baselines/source-function-lines.json
@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
 {
   "$comment": "Production functions over 200 lines, keyed \"file :: name\", and their length. Maintained by src/__tests__/source-size-ratchet.test.ts.",
   "count": 345,
-  "total": 111929,
+  "total": 111930,
   "entries": {
     "app/achievements/page.tsx :: AchievementsPage": 206,
     "app/api/admin/backups/upload/route.ts :: apiHandler(arg)": 275,
@@ -93,7 +93,7 @@
     "components/documents/document-card.tsx :: DocumentCard": 354,
     "components/documents/document-detail-sheet.tsx :: DocumentDetailSheet": 325,
     "components/documents/document-facts-review.tsx :: DocumentFactsSection": 242,
-    "components/documents/document-facts-review.tsx :: FactRow": 262,
+    "components/documents/document-facts-review.tsx :: FactRow": 263,
     "components/documents/document-filter-bar.tsx :: DocumentFilterBar": 348,
     "components/documents/document-record-links.tsx :: DocumentRecordLinks": 202,
     "components/documents/document-timeline.tsx :: DocumentTimeline": 314,
diff --git a/src/components/documents/__tests__/document-facts-review.test.tsx b/src/components/documents/__tests__/document-facts-review.test.tsx
index fbb28cccb..23cc24dd8 100644
--- a/src/components/documents/__tests__/document-facts-review.test.tsx
+++ b/src/components/documents/__tests__/document-facts-review.test.tsx
@@ -8,7 +8,7 @@ import type {
   InboundDocumentDetailDto,
 } from "@/lib/validations/inbound-documents";
 
-import { DocumentFactsSection } from "../document-facts-review";
+import { DocumentFactsSection, FactRow } from "../document-facts-review";
 
 /**
  * The staged-facts block's honest states, pinned by static render:
@@ -173,3 +173,56 @@ describe("<DocumentFactsSection>", () => {
     expect(html).toBe("");
   });
 });
+
+describe("<FactRow>", () => {
+  // A confident lab value the last save refused (here a ratio printed without
+  // a unit) gets the same edit control as a low-confidence one: it is the only
+  // way to add the unit and finish the review.
+  const unitless = fact({
+    data: {
+      label: "Ratio",
+      code: null,
+      codeSystem: null,
+      value: 4.2,
+      valueText: null,
+      unit: null,
+      referenceLow: null,
+      referenceHigh: 5,
+      referenceText: "<5.0",
+      effectiveDate: "2026-08-01",
+    },
+    provenance: {
+      sourceText: "Ratio 4.2 <5.0",
+      anchored: true,
+      sourceOffset: 10,
+      page: 0,
+      confidence: 0.95,
+    },
+  });
+
+  const rowProps = {
+    documentId: "doc-1",
+    checked: true,
+    onCheckedChange: () => {},
+    chosenBiomarkerId: null,
+    onChooseBiomarker: () => {},
+    markerName: () => null,
+  };
+
+  it("offers the edit control on a confident row whose save was refused", () => {
+    const html = render(
+      <FactRow
+        {...rowProps}
+        fact={unitless}
+        failure="observation.unitRequired"
+      />,
+    );
+    expect(html).toContain('data-slot="document-fact-verify-open"');
+    expect(html).toContain("A numeric value needs a unit");
+  });
+
+  it("leaves a confident row without a refusal free of the edit control", () => {
+    const html = render(<FactRow {...rowProps} fact={fact()} failure={null} />);
+    expect(html).not.toContain('data-slot="document-fact-verify-open"');
+  });
+});
diff --git a/src/components/documents/document-facts-review.tsx b/src/components/documents/document-facts-review.tsx
index ded9d2d6a..c2b0f39d9 100644
--- a/src/components/documents/document-facts-review.tsx
+++ b/src/components/documents/document-facts-review.tsx
@@ -204,8 +204,8 @@ function draftFor(fact: ExtractedFactDto): VerifyDraft {
   };
 }
 
-/** One pending fact: include-toggle, stated values, verify-first when low-confidence. */
-function FactRow({
+/** One pending fact: include-toggle, stated values, and the edit control when it is low-confidence or its last save was refused. */
+export function FactRow({
   documentId,
   fact,
   checked,
@@ -319,9 +319,10 @@ function FactRow({
             </p>
           ) : null}
         </div>
-        {fact.needsReview && !verifying ? (
+        {(fact.needsReview || failure !== null) && !verifying ? (
           <Button
             type="button"
+            data-slot="document-fact-verify-open"
             variant="outline"
             size="sm"
             className="min-h-11 shrink-0 sm:min-h-8"