Carrie Parent v. HHS - Influenza, Shoulder Injury Related to Vaccine Administration (SIRVA), a partial thickness rotator cuff tear of the left shoulder, left shoulder adhesive capsulitis. chronic left rotator cuff tendinitis, inflammation of the rotator cuff tendon in the left shoulder, left shoulder bursitis, left shoulder tenosynovitis, left shoulder synovitis, and left shoulder arthroscopy with limited debridement of labrum, subacromial decompression with partial release of CA ligament, and bursectomy. (2023)

Carrie Parent filed a petition for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, alleging that she suffered a left shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) caused by an influenza vaccine she received on November 2, 2018. She claimed the injury resulted in a partial thickness rotator cuff tear, adhesive capsulitis, tendinitis, bursitis, and required arthroscopic surgery, with residual effects lasting more than six months.

Respondent denied that Petitioner sustained a SIRVA Table injury or that the flu vaccine caused her alleged shoulder injury. Despite these denials, the parties filed a joint stipulation agreeing to settle the case and award compensation.

The stipulation stated that the vaccine was administered in the United States, Petitioner suffered residual effects for more than six months, and no prior action or compensation had been received for this injury. Chief Special Master Corcoran adopted the stipulation as the decision, awarding Carrie Parent a lump sum of $95,000.00.

This amount represents compensation for all damages available under the Vaccine Act. The parties also agreed to submit to further proceedings for reasonable attorneys' fees and costs.