diff --git a/apps/backoffice/src/app/features/exam/pages/ExamDetailPage.tsx b/apps/backoffice/src/app/features/exam/pages/ExamDetailPage.tsx
index e77e95b85..11a87bacb 100644
--- a/apps/backoffice/src/app/features/exam/pages/ExamDetailPage.tsx
+++ b/apps/backoffice/src/app/features/exam/pages/ExamDetailPage.tsx
@@ -117,13 +117,18 @@ export function ExamDetailPage() {
 
   // Only approved bank items may go on a paper (US-EXAM-003), so the picker
   // must not offer drafts or retired questions either.
+  //
+  // BOTH describes a mixed paper — a question itself is never "BOTH" (see
+  // QuestionForm), so an equality check against it would match nothing and
+  // silently offer zero questions. Same skip-condition as the backend's own
+  // random draw (ExamService.selectRandomQuestions).
   const eligibleQuestions = useMemo(() => {
     if (!exam) return [];
     return allQuestions
       .filter(
         (q) =>
           q.certificationId === exam.certificationId &&
-          q.form === exam.form &&
+          (exam.form === 'BOTH' || q.form === exam.form) &&
           q.status === 'APPROVED',
       )
       .map((q) => ({ id: q.id, title: q.title, form: q.form, points: q.points }));
diff --git a/apps/backoffice/src/app/features/exam/types/exam.ts b/apps/backoffice/src/app/features/exam/types/exam.ts
index 1c25cfd7d..5e3e3d4df 100644
--- a/apps/backoffice/src/app/features/exam/types/exam.ts
+++ b/apps/backoffice/src/app/features/exam/types/exam.ts
@@ -3,6 +3,13 @@ import type { EstimatedTime } from "../../question/types/question";
 import type { QuestionForm } from "../../question/types/question";
 export type { QuestionForm };
 
+/**
+ * The paper's own form — unlike a question's (QuestionForm), an exam may mix
+ * both: BOTH means a mixed paper, resolved per-question against each
+ * question's own ESSAY/CHOICE form. Mirrors backend EExamForm.
+ */
+export type ExamForm = QuestionForm | "BOTH";
+
 export type ExamType = "WRITTEN" | "ORAL";
 export type ExamAdministrationMethod = "OFFLINE" | "ONLINE";
 export type ExamEvaluationMethod = "SUM" | "AVERAGE" | "PERCENTAGE";
@@ -39,7 +46,7 @@ export interface Exam {
   date: string;
   givenTime: EstimatedTime | null;
   type: ExamType;
-  form: QuestionForm;
+  form: ExamForm;
   venue: string;
   administrationMethod: ExamAdministrationMethod;
   evaluationMethod: ExamEvaluationMethod;
@@ -63,7 +70,7 @@ export interface CreateExamPayload {
   date: string;
   givenTime: EstimatedTime;
   type: ExamType;
-  form: QuestionForm;
+  form: ExamForm;
   venue: string;
   administrationMethod: ExamAdministrationMethod;
   evaluationMethod: ExamEvaluationMethod;
@@ -79,7 +86,7 @@ export interface UpdateExamPayload {
   date?: string;
   givenTime?: EstimatedTime;
   type?: ExamType;
-  form?: QuestionForm;
+  form?: ExamForm;
   venue?: string;
   administrationMethod?: ExamAdministrationMethod;
   evaluationMethod?: ExamEvaluationMethod;
diff --git a/apps/backoffice/src/app/features/license-review/config/actions.ts b/apps/backoffice/src/app/features/license-review/config/actions.ts
index 8653938e7..2ce63ea65 100644
--- a/apps/backoffice/src/app/features/license-review/config/actions.ts
+++ b/apps/backoffice/src/app/features/license-review/config/actions.ts
@@ -65,16 +65,9 @@ export interface ActionDefinition {
  */
 export const ACTIONS: ActionDefinition[] = [
   // ------------------------------------------------------------- workflow
-  {
-    id: 'claim',
-    tier: 'workflow',
-    labelKey: 'review.actions.claim',
-    // Mirrors the CLAIM transition's `from` list: an examined cert (CoC/CoP)
-    // sits in ELIGIBILITY_PAID once its eligibility fee clears, not SUBMITTED.
-    from: ['SUBMITTED', 'ELIGIBILITY_PAID'],
-    permissions: ['can:claim:license-application'],
-    emphasis: 'light',
-  },
+  // Claim is deliberately absent here: an officer claims from the queue
+  // (LicenseQueuePage), not from this detail page. That implementation is
+  // separate — see LicenseQueuePage/actions.tsx — and is unaffected by this.
   {
     id: 'assign',
     tier: 'workflow',