Cynthia O’Donnell-Bove v. HHS - Influenza, Shoulder Injury Related to Vaccine Administration (SIRVA) (2022)

Cynthia O’Donnell-Bove filed a petition for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program on March 12, 2020, alleging injury from an influenza vaccine received on September 26, 2018. She claimed to have suffered a Shoulder Injury Related to Vaccine Administration (SIRVA) in her left shoulder, which is a condition listed on the Vaccine Injury Table.

The petition stated that her injury had residual effects lasting more than six months. The respondent, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, denied that Petitioner sustained a SIRVA Table injury or that the vaccine caused her injury.

Despite these denials, the parties reached a joint stipulation for damages. The court adopted this stipulation as its decision.

Cynthia O’Donnell-Bove was awarded a lump sum of $55,000.00 as compensation for all damages available under the Vaccine Act. This award represents a settlement of liability and damages, and the parties agreed that it should not be construed as an admission by the United States that the vaccine caused the injury.