Irma Carmona a.k.a Silvia Carmona v. HHS - Td/Tetanus, Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS) and Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy (CIDP) (2022)

Irma Carmona, also known as Silvia Carmona, filed a petition on January 15, 2019, alleging that she suffered Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS) and Chronic Inflammatory Demyelinating Polyneuropathy (CIDP) as a result of receiving a tetanus-diphtheria (Td) vaccine and a measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine on August 1, 2017. The respondent denied that the vaccines caused her conditions.

On December 13, 2022, the parties filed a stipulation recommending an award of compensation. Special Master Nora Beth Dorsey found the stipulation reasonable and adopted it as the decision of the Court.

Petitioner was awarded a total of $141,585.06. This amount includes a lump sum of $80,000.00 payable to Petitioner and $61,585.06 to reimburse a Medicaid lien for services rendered by the State of California.

This award represents compensation for all damages available under the law. Petitioner was represented by Koorosh Kaikhosrow Shahrokh.

Respondent was represented by Sarah Christina Duncan.