{"package_id":"USCOURTS-cofc-1_20-vv-01682","decision_granule_id":"USCOURTS-cofc-1_20-vv-01682-0","petitioner_identifier":"Charles Edwards","is_minor":0,"age_at_vaccination":null,"age_unit_raw":"years (no age in source - verified)","vaccine_type":"Pneumovax 23 (pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine)","vaccination_date":"2017-11-29","condition_raw":"shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA)","condition_category":"SIRVA","autism_spectrum_adjacent":0,"outcome":"dismissed","award_amount_usd":null,"decision_date":"2023-04-26","extraction_version":"gemini-v2","extracted_at":"2026-04-30T01:19:30.248914+00:00","number_of_concurrent_vaccines":null,"dose_number":null,"time_to_onset_days":null,"theory_of_causation":"Pneumovax 23/pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine (November 29, 2017) alleged to cause SIRVA. DISMISSED. Core issue was coverage, not medical causation: petition described pneumococcal conjugate vaccine, but records showed Pneumovax 23, a polysaccharide pneumococcal vaccine not included on the Vaccine Injury Table. Respondent stated no reasonable basis to proceed; Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran dismissed April 26, 2023 for failure to state a claim because petitioner could not show receipt of a covered vaccine. No injury compensation. Attorney: William Ralph Layne Walker, Jr., The Walker Law Firm, PLLC, Beaumont, TX.","is_death":0,"date_of_death":null,"petition_filed_date":"2020-11-24","case_summary":"On November 24, 2020, Charles Edwards filed a Vaccine Program petition alleging that he suffered a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration after receiving what the petition described as a pneumococcal conjugate vaccine on November 29, 2017. The court record later showed that the vaccine was Pneumovax 23, a pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine.\n\nAfter record development and medical review, respondent reported that Edwards had received an uncovered vaccine not listed on the Vaccine Injury Table and that there was no reasonable basis to proceed. Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran issued an order to show cause on August 10, 2022, explaining that Pneumovax 23 is not covered by the Vaccine Program because the Table covers pneumococcal conjugate vaccines, not polysaccharide pneumococcal vaccines. Edwards responded that dismissal should not occur for reasons of justice, equity, and fairness, and argued about CDC guidance involving conjugate and polysaccharide pneumococcal vaccines.\n\nChief Special Master Corcoran dismissed the petition on April 26, 2023. The decision found that Edwards unquestionably received Pneumovax 23, that the vaccine does not appear on the Vaccine Injury Table, and that he therefore could not show he received a covered vaccine as required by the Act. The dismissal was for failure to state a claim upon which relief could be granted, and no compensation was awarded. Edwards was represented by William Ralph Layne Walker, Jr. of The Walker Law Firm, PLLC.","is_minor_inferred":0,"is_pediatric_broad":0,"special_master":"Brian H. Corcoran","petitioner_identifier_original":null,"caption_petitioner_name":null,"petitioner_attorney_name":"William Ralph Layne Walker, Jr.","petitioner_attorney_firm":"The Walker Law Firm, PLLC","petitioner_attorney_location":"Beaumont, TX","adjudicator_name":null,"caption_people_backfilled_at":null,"attorney_canonical_keys":"|william-walker|","firm_canonical_key":"walker","package_title":"EDWARDS v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","canonical_url":"https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_20-vv-01682","plain_text_url":"https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_20-vv-01682.txt","json_url":"https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_20-vv-01682.json","source_documents":[{"granule_id":"USCOURTS-cofc-1_20-vv-01682-0","title":"EDWARDS v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","docket_text":"PUBLIC DECISION (Originally filed: 04/26/2023) regarding 42 DECISION of Special Master ( Signed by Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran. )(mpj) Service on parties made.","date_issued":"2023-06-02","pdf_url":"https://api.govinfo.gov/packages/USCOURTS-cofc-1_20-vv-01682/granules/USCOURTS-cofc-1_20-vv-01682-0/pdf","pdf_bytes":248086,"triage_decision":"keep","triage_reason":"docketText matches keep keyword 'decision of special master'","download_status":"ok","registry_pdf_url":"https://vicp-registry.org/pdf/USCOURTS-cofc-1_20-vv-01682/USCOURTS-cofc-1_20-vv-01682-0"}]}