Vanessa Richardson v. HHS - Influenza, shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) (2022)

Vanessa Richardson filed a petition for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program on October 6, 2020, alleging she suffered a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) after receiving an influenza vaccine on December 6, 2018. The respondent conceded that her injury was consistent with SIRVA as defined by the Vaccine Injury Table and that compensation was appropriate.

The respondent noted that Ms. Richardson had no recent history of shoulder pain, her pain onset occurred within 48 hours after vaccination, the pain was limited to the vaccinated shoulder, and no other condition explained her symptoms.

She also met the statutory requirement of suffering the condition for more than six months. On January 14, 2022, a ruling on entitlement found Ms.

Richardson entitled to compensation. On April 21, 2022, the respondent filed a proffer on an award of compensation, which Ms.

Richardson agreed to. The decision awarded a lump sum of $74,341.65, comprising $72,500.00 for pain and suffering and $1,841.65 for unreimbursed expenses.