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Possible yes, but it would need a convincing context to show that I didn't know when the specific decision moment (which is an event with a specific time) was .
Do you mean 'decided', the simple past, is possible even when since is used to indicate the time? If yes, could you think of an example? I couldn't, because the simple past with decide is used to talk about a non-continuous act, which means that if decided, not have/has decided, is used, it must be talking about a particular moment, not something that since can refer to.

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