Deborah Sands v. HHS - Influenza, left shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) (2024)

Deborah Sands filed a petition for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program on October 13, 2020, alleging she suffered a left shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) after receiving an influenza vaccine on or about December 2, 2017. The flu vaccine is listed on the Vaccine Injury Table, and Ms.

Sands alleged her injury occurred within the Table's time period and resulted in residual effects lasting more than six months. The respondent, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, denied that Ms.

Sands sustained a SIRVA Table injury or that the vaccine caused any other injury. Despite these differing positions, the parties filed a joint stipulation on September 19, 2023, agreeing to settle the case.

Chief Special Master Corcoran adopted the stipulation as her decision, awarding Ms. Sands a lump sum of $67,000.00 as compensation for all damages available under the Vaccine Act.

This award represents a settlement of liability and damages, and the parties agreed to release the United States from further claims related to this vaccination.