Gweyne Phillips v. HHS - Tdap, right shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) (2020)

Gweyne Phillips filed a petition for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, alleging that she suffered a right shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) caused by her receipt of the tetanus diphtheria acellular pertussis (Tdap) vaccine on November 12, 2014. She further alleged that she experienced residual effects of this injury for more than six months and had not received any prior award or settlement for her condition.

Respondent denied that the alleged shoulder injury was caused-in-fact by the vaccination and denied that petitioner sustained a SIRVA injury as defined in the Vaccine Injury Table. Despite these denials, the parties filed a joint stipulation for damages.

The court found the stipulation reasonable and adopted it as the decision of the Court. Pursuant to the stipulation, Gweyne Phillips was awarded a lump sum of $25,000.00 as compensation for all items of damages available under the program.

This award represents compensation for her SIRVA injury.