Jean Golden v. HHS - Influenza, chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) (2024)

Jean Golden filed a petition alleging that she suffered from chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy (CIDP) as a result of an influenza vaccine administered on November 12, 2015. The court issued a Fact Ruling on March 25, 2024, determining that the evidence showed her neuropathy predated the vaccination.

Following this ruling, Petitioner was directed to file a status report indicating how she wished to proceed. After several extensions and a status conference, Petitioner indicated she had no additional evidence to present and did not state how she intended to prove entitlement in light of the Fact Ruling.

A Show Cause Order was issued, warning that failure to file additional evidence by June 3, 2024, would result in dismissal for failure to prosecute. Petitioner failed to respond to the Show Cause Order.

The court found that Petitioner had had ample time to prosecute her claim and that the existing record was insufficient to prove entitlement. Consequently, the case was dismissed for insufficient proof and failure to prosecute.

Jean Golden's alleged CIDP is a peripheral neuropathy and does not present with neurodevelopmental sequelae, thus it does not overlap with autism spectrum presentations.