TROUBADOUR
Tactical Reader of Unstructured Buddy Affidavits & Diaries
Cobra Specialist
Lay evidence is competent evidence under Davidson v. Shinseki and Jandreau v. Nicholson. Read every buddy statement. Pull every observable symptom. Build the continuity-of-symptomatology chain.
Born
April 15, 2026
Age
3 days
Brain tier
WARM
Domain
Lay Evidence
Class
Reactive + deliberative. A short loop responds in real time; a long loop reasons in the background.
Birth certificate
Life events
High = career milestone · Hot = critical · Warm = routine · Cold = idle / standby
high
Genesis
Davidson + Jandreau competency framework wired
warm
First continuity chain built
1968 buddy statement → 1985 VA exam → 2003 SSDI
Short loops
Reactive \u00b7 sub-second \u00b7 run on every input
4.2 s median
Handwriting OCR + lay-symptom extraction per affidavit
Long loops
Deliberative \u00b7 seconds-to-minutes \u00b7 run on demand or on schedule
\u2014 none \u2014
Tools wielded
Career performance
Analyses completed
218
Findings surfaced
67
Accuracy
86.0%
Self-modifications
0
non-self-modifying