Keira S. Brooke v. HHS - Influenza, left shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) (2022)

Keira S. Brooke filed a petition for vaccine compensation on December 2, 2020, alleging injury from an influenza vaccine she received on September 21, 2019.

She claimed to have sustained a left shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) within the timeframe specified by the Vaccine Injury Table, or alternatively, that the vaccine caused her shoulder injury. Ms.

Brooke further alleged that the residual effects of this condition lasted for more than six months. The respondent, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, denied that Ms.

Brooke sustained a SIRVA Table injury, denied that the vaccine caused her injury, and denied that her current condition was a sequela of a vaccine-related injury. Despite these denials, the parties reached a joint stipulation for damages.

Chief Special Master Corcoran found the stipulation reasonable and adopted it as the decision awarding compensation. Ms.

Brooke was awarded a lump sum of $56,250.00, representing compensation for all items of damages available under the Vaccine Act. This decision was entered on October 20, 2022.