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The case proceeded to a damages determination. Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran awarded $105,000.00 for pain and suffering and $1,375.00 for past unreimbursable expenses, totaling $106,375.00. The award considered the severity of the injury, including a rotator cuff tear and surgery, but was moderated by a relatively quick recovery with mild residual symptoms. The public decision does not detail specific medical experts or a detailed mechanism of injury beyond the Table criteria for SIRVA. Petitioner was represented by David Charles Richards, and Respondent by Jennifer Leigh Reynaud.","is_death":0,"date_of_death":null,"petition_filed_date":"2018-09-25","case_summary":"Kayleen Crump Weed filed a petition on September 25, 2018, alleging that she suffered a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) as a result of an influenza vaccine administered on September 26, 2016. The respondent, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, conceded entitlement to compensation, agreeing that Ms. Weed met the criteria for SIRVA on the Vaccine Injury Table and that there was no other cause for her injury. The case proceeded to a damages hearing because the parties could not agree on the compensation amount. Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran issued a ruling on entitlement on November 6, 2019. Following further proceedings and a hearing on March 26, 2021, Chief Special Master Corcoran issued a decision awarding damages on April 29, 2021. The decision awarded $105,000.00 for actual pain and suffering and $1,375.00 for past unreimbursable expenses, for a total award of $106,375.00. The Special Master's award for pain and suffering was based on the severity and duration of Ms. Weed's injury, which included significant pain, a rotator cuff tear revealed by MRI, and subsequent arthroscopic rotator cuff repair and subacromial decompression surgery. However, the award was tempered by the petitioner's relatively strong and quick post-surgical recovery, with mild residual symptoms and functional limitations noted by approximately six months post-vaccination, and no subsequent active treatment for her shoulder condition after July 17, 2017. The Special Master considered prior SIRVA cases but found Ms. Weed's case most analogous to another SIRVA case that resulted in a slightly lower award due to fewer physical therapy sessions and less extensive surgical procedures. Petitioner was represented by David Charles Richards of Christensen & Jensen, P.C., and Respondent was represented by Jennifer Leigh Reynaud of the U.S. Department of Justice.","is_minor_inferred":0,"is_pediatric_broad":0,"special_master":"Brian H. 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