Checkboard:
A case in point is the RWY05 VOR/DME approach at Geneva, which due to terrain is quite a bit higher than the ILS & PAPI. On the VOR/DME correct profile, at the minima, you will have 4 whites on the PAPI - but under our definition this is "stable" and you may continue to a landing.
I can't speak to PANS-OPS in this case (which is generally more conservative than TERPs) but such approaches that have straight-in minimums under TERPs cannot exceed a final segment descent gradient of 400 feet per mile (3.77 degrees) to the runway. Once within the distance of VGSI coverage, and visual, an adjustment to capture the VGSI generally won't de-stabilize the approach and has the added benefit of not crossing the threshold excessively high.
Often those types of VOR approaches are offset from the runway so there has to be a lateral maneuver once visual.