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The respondent conceded that the injury met the criteria for a Table injury, specifically vasovagal syncope following the Tdap and Meningococcal vaccination, and that the injury resulted in more than six months of residual effects. The Special Processing Unit of the Office of Special Masters, under Chief Special Master Nora Beth Dorsey, issued a ruling on entitlement on July 8, 2019, finding D.A. entitled to compensation. A subsequent decision on November 8, 2019, awarded compensation based on a proffer of damages. The award included a lump sum of $675.00 for past unreimbursable expenses and an amount sufficient to purchase an annuity contract. The annuity contract includes specific lump sum payments on October 20, 2023 ($23,019.06), October 20, 2025 ($24,487.74), and October 20, 2027 ($26,678.24). Petitioner counsel was Jeffrey S. Pop, and respondent counsel was Camille Michelle Collett. The theory of causation relied on the Vaccine Injury Table criteria for vasovagal syncope.","is_death":0,"date_of_death":null,"petition_filed_date":"2018-12-03","case_summary":"On December 3, 2018, Dolores De Alatorre Perez and Antonino Alatorre Gutierrez, as parents and natural guardians of their minor child D.A., filed a petition for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program. They alleged that D.A. suffered a vasovagal syncope episode after receiving a Tetanus Diphtheria acellular Pertussis (Tdap) and Meningococcal vaccine on June 22, 2017. The respondent, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, filed a Rule 4(c) report conceding that D.A.'s injury met the criteria for a Table injury, specifically vasovagal syncope following the Tdap and Meningococcal vaccination, and that the injury resulted in more than six months of residual effects. Based on the respondent's concession and the evidence, Chief Special Master Nora Beth Dorsey issued a ruling on entitlement on July 8, 2019, finding D.A. entitled to compensation. Subsequently, on August 9, 2019, the parties submitted a proffer of damages. The decision, issued on November 8, 2019, awarded D.A. a lump sum of $675.00 for past unreimbursable expenses, payable to Dolores De Alatorre Perez and Antonino Alatorre Guitierrez. Additionally, an amount sufficient to purchase an annuity contract was awarded. This annuity contract includes a lump sum payment of $23,019.06 on October 20, 2023, a lump sum payment of $24,487.74 on October 20, 2025, and a lump sum payment of $26,678.24 on October 20, 2027. The total compensation, including the lump sum for past expenses and the value of the annuity, was determined to cover all elements of compensation to which D.A. was entitled under the Vaccine Act. Petitioner counsel was Jeffrey S. Pop of Jeffrey S. Pop & Associates. 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