Bonnie Miller v. HHS - Influenza, right shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) (2024)

Bonnie Miller filed a petition for vaccine compensation alleging a right shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) after receiving the influenza vaccine on November 2, 2017. She stated that the vaccine was administered in the United States, that she experienced residual effects for more than six months, and that no civil action had been filed or compensation received for the alleged vaccine-caused injury.

Respondent denied that Ms. Miller sustained a SIRVA Table injury, denied that the vaccine caused her alleged shoulder injury or any other injury, and denied that her current condition was a sequela of a vaccine-related injury.

Despite these denials, the parties filed a joint stipulation agreeing that a decision should be entered awarding compensation. Chief Special Master Corcoran found the stipulation reasonable and adopted it as the decision awarding damages.

Ms. Miller was awarded a lump sum of $42,500.00, representing compensation for all items of damages available under Section 15(a).

The case proceeded as a Table claim, and the award was based on a joint stipulation.