Praveen Mathada v. HHS - Tdap, shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) (2019)

On November 27, 2017, Praveen Mathada filed a petition for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, alleging he suffered a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) after receiving a Tetanus Diphtheria acellular Pertussis (Tdap) vaccination on August 15, 2016. Mr.

Mathada claimed residual effects of the condition lasting more than six months. The respondent, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, denied that the Tdap vaccine caused Mr.

Mathada's SIRVA or any other injury. The parties, represented by Shealene Priscilla Mancuso of Muller Brazil, LLP for the petitioner and Ashley Monique Simpson of the U.S.

Department of Justice for the respondent, filed a joint stipulation on April 30, 2019. In this stipulation, they agreed to an award of compensation.

Chief Special Master Nora Beth Dorsey reviewed and adopted the stipulation as the decision of the Court. The decision awarded Mr.

Mathada a lump sum of $50,000.00, payable by check to the petitioner, as compensation for all items of damages. The public decision does not describe the specific onset of symptoms, diagnostic tests, treatments, or expert witnesses involved in this case.

The decision was originally filed on April 30, 2019, and the full decision document was filed on August 7, 2019.