C.P. v. HHS - Influenza, autoimmune dysautonomia, postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (“POTS”), small fiber neuropathy, weight loss, inability to stand for long periods, and gastroparesis (2025)

C.P., an adult, received an influenza vaccination on March 25, 2015. He alleged that this vaccination caused autoimmune dysautonomia, postural orthostatic tachycardia syndrome (POTS), small fiber neuropathy, weight loss, inability to stand for long periods, and gastroparesis.

The petition was initially filed on August 22, 2018. C.P. submitted medical records and expert reports, including those from neurologist Dr.

Marcel Kinsbourne and physiologist Dr. Jesper Mehlsen, attempting to link his conditions to the vaccine.

The respondent, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, filed expert reports from neurologist Dr. Christopher Gibbons and immunologist Dr.

Andrew MacGinnitie, which refuted the petitioner's claims. The court noted that no Table Injury was alleged and that the petitioner had not presented preponderant evidence to establish a causal link between the flu vaccine and his alleged injuries, citing prior decisions that rejected similar causal theories for POTS.

Ultimately, C.P. filed a motion to voluntarily dismiss his petition, acknowledging he would likely be unable to meet the requirements for compensation. The Special Master granted this motion, dismissing the petition and directing that judgment be entered accordingly.