H.G.G. v. HHS - DTaP, pediatric acute neuropsychiatric syndrome (PANS), autoimmune encephalitis and/or inflammatory autoimmune disorder (2016)

Christian and Erinn Geidemann, on behalf of their minor daughter H.G.G., filed a petition alleging that a DTaP vaccine administered on April 3, 2013, caused pediatric acute neuropsychiatric syndrome (PANS). An amended petition also alleged autoimmune encephalitis and/or inflammatory autoimmune disorder, or alternatively, that the DTaP vaccine aggravated a preexisting PANS or mental illness.

The respondent was the Secretary of Health and Human Services. The petitioners voluntarily dismissed their case on October 24, 2016, before the respondent filed a Rule 4(c) Report.

The Special Master issued an Order Concluding Proceedings, dismissing the petition. No award was made.