E.D. v. HHS - Influenza, sudden vison loss, eye pain, visual field defect, optic atrophy, post-inflammatory optic neuropathy, optic neuritis, and inferior arcuate scotoma in the right eye (2022)

On September 6, 2018, E.D. filed a petition for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Program. The petitioner alleged that on September 25, 2016, he received an Influenza ("flu") vaccine and subsequently sustained injuries including sudden vision loss, eye pain, visual field defect, optic atrophy, post-inflammatory optic neuropathy, optic neuritis, and inferior arcuate scotoma in his right eye.

The respondent, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, denied that the flu vaccine caused the petitioner's alleged injuries. However, the parties reached a stipulation for an award.

On May 12, 2022, the parties filed a stipulation agreeing that compensation should be awarded to the petitioner. The stipulation provided for a lump sum payment of $122,000.00 to the petitioner, representing compensation for all damages available under 42 U.S.C. § 300aa-15(a).

Special Master Thomas L. Gowen adopted the stipulation and awarded compensation in that amount.

The decision was filed on May 12, 2022, and subsequently posted on the court's website on June 21, 2022, after the standard 14-day period for redaction requests.