Ramon Cuevas v. HHS - Influenza, transverse myelitis (2019)

On October 6, 2017, Ramon Cuevas filed a petition for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, alleging he developed transverse myelitis (TM) after receiving an influenza vaccine on October 30, 2014. The respondent, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, denied that the immunization caused the petitioner's injury.

The parties subsequently reached a settlement. On November 5, 2019, they filed a joint stipulation outlining the terms of the settlement.

As part of the agreement, the respondent agreed to pay Mr. Cuevas a lump sum of $330,000.00, payable to him, as compensation for all damages.

Special Master Mindy Michaels Roth adopted the stipulation and awarded the compensation. The decision was filed on November 5, 2019.

The public decision does not describe the specific onset of symptoms, clinical details of the transverse myelitis, any diagnostic tests performed, or treatments received. No expert witnesses were named in the public decision, and the specific mechanism of causation was not detailed.