diff --git a/apps/api/src/api/controllers/brla.controller.test.ts b/apps/api/src/api/controllers/brla.controller.test.ts
index a8014aeb7..8a0f99709 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/api/controllers/brla.controller.test.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/api/controllers/brla.controller.test.ts
@@ -293,6 +293,76 @@ describe("fetchSubaccountKycStatus", () => {
     expect(update).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ status: VerificationStatus.Pending, statusExternal: null });
     expect(kycUpdate).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.objectContaining({ status: VerificationStatus.Pending }));
   });
+
+  function mockOwnedRecordWithAttempt(status: VerificationStatus, attempt: unknown) {
+    mockEntityPerProfile();
+    const update = mock(async () => undefined);
+    ProviderCustomer.findOne = mock(async () => ({
+      customerEntityId: "entity-user-1",
+      id: "customer-1",
+      providerSubaccountId: "subaccount-1",
+      status,
+      statusExternal: null,
+      update
+    })) as unknown as typeof ProviderCustomer.findOne;
+    const kycUpdate = mock(async () => undefined);
+    KycCase.findOne = mock(async () => ({ update: kycUpdate })) as unknown as typeof KycCase.findOne;
+    BrlaApiService.getInstance = mock(
+      () =>
+        ({
+          getKycAttempts: mock(async () => ({ attempts: [attempt] }))
+        }) as unknown as BrlaApiService
+    );
+    return { kycUpdate, update };
+  }
+
+  // Regression: a rejected account whose retried attempt is approved used to stay `rejected`
+  // forever (the outcome update only matched `in_review`), so ramp registration failed with
+  // "No completed Avenia profile found" despite a successful KYC.
+  it("flips a rejected account to approved when a retried attempt is approved", async () => {
+    const { kycUpdate, update } = mockOwnedRecordWithAttempt(VerificationStatus.Rejected, {
+      levelName: "KYC_1",
+      result: KycAttemptResult.APPROVED,
+      status: KycAttemptStatus.COMPLETED
+    });
+
+    const res = createResponse();
+    await fetchSubaccountKycStatus({ query: { taxId: "08786985906" }, userId: "user-1" } as any, res as any);
+
+    expect(res.statusCode).toBe(httpStatus.OK);
+    expect((res.body as { result: string }).result).toBe(KycAttemptResult.APPROVED);
+    expect(update).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ status: VerificationStatus.Approved, statusExternal: KycAttemptStatus.COMPLETED });
+    expect(kycUpdate).toHaveBeenCalledWith(expect.objectContaining({ status: VerificationStatus.Approved }));
+  });
+
+  it("returns a rejected account to in_review while a retried attempt is processing", async () => {
+    const { update } = mockOwnedRecordWithAttempt(VerificationStatus.Rejected, {
+      levelName: "KYC_1",
+      result: "",
+      status: KycAttemptStatus.PROCESSING
+    });
+
+    const res = createResponse();
+    await fetchSubaccountKycStatus({ query: { taxId: "08786985906" }, userId: "user-1" } as any, res as any);
+
+    expect(res.statusCode).toBe(httpStatus.OK);
+    expect(update).toHaveBeenCalledWith({ status: VerificationStatus.InReview, statusExternal: KycAttemptStatus.PROCESSING });
+  });
+
+  it("never downgrades an approved account on a stale rejected attempt read", async () => {
+    const { kycUpdate, update } = mockOwnedRecordWithAttempt(VerificationStatus.Approved, {
+      levelName: "KYC_1",
+      result: KycAttemptResult.REJECTED,
+      status: KycAttemptStatus.COMPLETED
+    });
+
+    const res = createResponse();
+    await fetchSubaccountKycStatus({ query: { taxId: "08786985906" }, userId: "user-1" } as any, res as any);
+
+    expect(res.statusCode).toBe(httpStatus.OK);
+    expect(update).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+    expect(kycUpdate).not.toHaveBeenCalled();
+  });
 });
 
 describe("Avenia company KYB", () => {
diff --git a/apps/api/src/api/controllers/brla.controller.ts b/apps/api/src/api/controllers/brla.controller.ts
index a28bf0974..118cbbfb9 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/api/controllers/brla.controller.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/api/controllers/brla.controller.ts
@@ -420,7 +420,7 @@ export const createSubaccount = async (
 
     // A company has no verification attempt yet at this point — the hosted KYB links are issued in
     // a follow-up call — so it starts pending (resumable). Individuals keep the legacy Requested
-    // semantics (updateAveniaKycOutcome only flips accounts that are in_review).
+    // semantics (in_review until the outcome poll decides).
     const initialStatus = accountType === AveniaAccountType.COMPANY ? VerificationStatus.Pending : VerificationStatus.InReview;
     if (existing) {
       await existing.update({
@@ -521,11 +521,9 @@ export const fetchSubaccountKycStatus = async (
     if (kycAttemptStatus.result === KycAttemptResult.REJECTED) {
       await updateAveniaKycOutcome(taxId, VerificationStatus.Rejected, kycAttemptStatus.status);
     }
-    if (
-      !kycAttemptStatus.result &&
-      record.status !== VerificationStatus.Approved &&
-      record.status !== VerificationStatus.Rejected
-    ) {
+    // No result yet: mirror the in-flight attempt. This includes a `rejected` account whose
+    // owner retries — the fresh attempt puts it back in review so the outcome poll can decide.
+    if (!kycAttemptStatus.result && record.status !== VerificationStatus.Approved) {
       const status =
         kycAttemptStatus.status === KycAttemptStatus.EXPIRED ? VerificationStatus.Pending : VerificationStatus.InReview;
       await record.update({ status, statusExternal: kycAttemptStatus.status });
diff --git a/apps/api/src/api/services/avenia/avenia-customer.service.ts b/apps/api/src/api/services/avenia/avenia-customer.service.ts
index 18a631a9e..f8b79744b 100644
--- a/apps/api/src/api/services/avenia/avenia-customer.service.ts
+++ b/apps/api/src/api/services/avenia/avenia-customer.service.ts
@@ -70,9 +70,12 @@ export async function upsertAveniaKycCase(
 }
 
 /**
- * Poll-driven KYC outcome transition: flips a `Requested` account to Accepted/Rejected
- * (the only mechanism that makes a subaccount ramp-ready). Idempotent — mirrors the legacy
- * `UPDATE ... WHERE internal_status = 'Requested'` guard.
+ * Poll-driven KYC outcome transition: flips an account to Approved/Rejected based on the
+ * latest provider attempt (the only mechanism that makes a subaccount ramp-ready). Approval
+ * is terminal — an Approved account is never downgraded by a stale attempt read — but a
+ * `rejected` account follows a successful retried attempt to Approved (the legacy
+ * `WHERE internal_status = 'Requested'` guard left it stuck in `Rejected`, so the user's
+ * approved KYC never became ramp-ready). Repeated polls of an unchanged outcome no-op.
  */
 export async function updateAveniaKycOutcome(
   taxId: string,
@@ -80,7 +83,10 @@ export async function updateAveniaKycOutcome(
   statusExternal: string
 ): Promise<void> {
   const record = await findAveniaCustomerByTaxId(taxId);
-  if (!record || record.status !== VerificationStatus.InReview) {
+  if (!record || record.status === VerificationStatus.Approved) {
+    return;
+  }
+  if (record.status === outcome && record.statusExternal === statusExternal) {
     return;
   }
   await record.update({ status: outcome, statusExternal });
diff --git a/apps/dashboard/src/components/recipients/RecipientsTable.tsx b/apps/dashboard/src/components/recipients/RecipientsTable.tsx
index 645ddec93..ffcdffeb7 100644
--- a/apps/dashboard/src/components/recipients/RecipientsTable.tsx
+++ b/apps/dashboard/src/components/recipients/RecipientsTable.tsx
@@ -44,7 +44,7 @@ export function RecipientsTable({ recipients }: { recipients: Recipient[] }) {
                 className={
                   recipient.isSelf
                     ? undefined
-                    : "cursor-pointer focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:-outline-offset-2 focus-visible:outline-ring"
+                    : "focus-visible:-outline-offset-2 cursor-pointer focus-visible:outline-2 focus-visible:outline-ring"
                 }
                 initial={{ opacity: 0, y: 8 }}
                 key={recipient.id}
diff --git a/docs/security-spec/05-integrations/brla.md b/docs/security-spec/05-integrations/brla.md
index 11995a1f8..db02dea93 100644
--- a/docs/security-spec/05-integrations/brla.md
+++ b/docs/security-spec/05-integrations/brla.md
@@ -161,5 +161,9 @@ Key properties:
   `getKybAttemptStatus` resolves that binding and verifies entity ownership before querying Avenia.
   The browser receives only normalized status/result fields, never provider submission data.
 - KYC/KYB state transitions update canonical status and provider status on both
-  `provider_customers` and the account's `kyc_cases` row in the same code path
-  (`updateAveniaKycOutcome` preserves the idempotent `in_review` transition guard).
+  `provider_customers` and the account's `kyc_cases` row in the same code path.
+  `updateAveniaKycOutcome` treats `approved` as terminal (a stale attempt read never
+  downgrades an approved account) but otherwise follows the latest provider attempt:
+  in particular, a `rejected` account whose retried attempt succeeds becomes `approved`
+  (the former `in_review`-only guard left it stuck in `rejected`, so a successfully
+  retried KYC never became ramp-ready). Repeated polls of an unchanged outcome no-op.