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Canonical URL: https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_20-vv-01918
Package ID: USCOURTS-cofc-1_20-vv-01918
Petitioner: Alan Oka
Filed: 2020-12-21
Decided: 2022-09-16
Vaccine: influenza
Vaccination date: 2019-10-26
Condition: shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA)
Outcome: compensated
Award amount USD: 83164

AI-assisted case summary:
Alan Oka filed a petition for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program on December 21, 2020, alleging he suffered a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) after receiving the influenza vaccine on October 26, 2019. This condition is a defined Table Injury. Respondent filed a Rule 4(c) Report and Proffer on August 15, 2022, conceding that Mr. Oka's claim met the Table criteria for SIRVA and that all statutory and jurisdictional requirements for compensation were met. Based on the respondent's concession and the evidence of record, entitlement was granted. Subsequently, a decision awarding damages was issued on September 16, 2022. The respondent proffered an award of $83,164.75, consisting of $82,500.00 for pain and suffering and $664.75 for unreimbursed expenses, which Mr. Oka agreed to. The court awarded this lump sum payment to Mr. Oka.

Theory of causation field:
Table

Public staged source text:

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DOCUMENT 1: USCOURTS-cofc-1_20-vv-01918-0
Date issued/filed: 2022-09-16
Pages: 2
Docket text: PUBLIC ORDER/RULING (Originally filed: 08/15/2022) regarding 25 Ruling on Entitlement. Signed by Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran. (ke) Service on parties made.
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Case 1:20-vv-01918-UNJ Document 30 Filed 09/16/22 Page 1 of 2
In the United States Court of Federal Claims
OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS
No. 20-1918V
UNPUBLISHED
ALAN OKA, Chief Special Master Corcoran
Petitioner, Filed: August 15, 2022
v.
Special Processing Unit (SPU);
SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND Ruling on Entitlement; Concession;
HUMAN SERVICES, Table Injury; Influenza (Flu) Vaccine;
Shoulder Injury Related to Vaccine
Respondent. Administration (SIRVA)
Leah VaSahnja Durant, Law Offices of Leah V. Durant, PLLC, Washington, DC, for
Petitioner.
Katherine Carr Esposito, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for
Respondent.
RULING ON ENTITLEMENT1
On December 21, 2020, Alan Oka filed a petition for compensation under the
National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, 42 U.S.C. §300aa-10, et seq.2 (the
“Vaccine Act”). Petitioner alleged that he suffered a shoulder injury related to vaccine
administration (“SIRVA”), a defined Table Injury, after receiving the influenza (“flu”)
vaccine on October 26, 2019. Petition at 1, ¶¶ 1, 4. Petitioner further alleged that neither
he nor any other party has filed a civil action or received compensation for his SIRVA. Id.
at ¶ 5. The case was assigned to the Special Processing Unit of the Office of Special
Masters.
1 Because this unpublished Ruling contains a reasoned explanation for the action in this case, I am required
to post it on the United States Court of Federal Claims' website in accordance with the E-Government Act
of 2002. 44 U.S.C. § 3501 note (2012) (Federal Management and Promotion of Electronic Government
Services). This means the Ruling will be available to anyone with access to the internet. In accordance
with Vaccine Rule 18(b), Petitioner has 14 days to identify and move to redact medical or other information,
the disclosure of which would constitute an unwarranted invasion of privacy. If, upon review, I agree that
the identified material fits within this definition, I will redact such material from public access.
2 National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986, Pub. L. No. 99-660, 100 Stat. 3755. Hereinafter, for ease
of citation, all section references to the Vaccine Act will be to the pertinent subparagraph of 42 U.S.C. §
300aa (2012).

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On August 15, 2022, Respondent filed a combined Rule 4(c) Report and Proffer in
which he concedes that Petitioner is entitled to compensation in this case. Respondent’s
Rule 4(c) Report and Proffer at 1. Specifically, Respondent has “concluded that
[P]etitioner’s claim meets the Table criteria for SIRVA.” Id. at 4. Respondent further
agrees that all statutory and jurisdictional requirements for compensation have been met.
Id. at 4-5.
In view of Respondent’s position and the evidence of record, I find that
Petitioner is entitled to compensation.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
s/Brian H. Corcoran
Brian H. Corcoran
Chief Special Master
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DOCUMENT 2: USCOURTS-cofc-1_20-vv-01918-1
Date issued/filed: 2022-09-16
Pages: 2
Docket text: PUBLIC DECISION (Originally filed: 08/15/2022) regarding 26 DECISION Stipulation/Proffer. Signed by Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran. (ke) Service on parties made.
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Case 1:20-vv-01918-UNJ Document 31 Filed 09/16/22 Page 1 of 2
In the United States Court of Federal Claims
OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS
No. 20-1918V
UNPUBLISHED
ALAN OKA, Chief Special Master Corcoran
Petitioner, Filed: August 15, 2022
v.
Special Processing Unit (SPU);
SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND Damages Decision Based on Proffer;
HUMAN SERVICES, Influenza (Flu) Vaccine; Shoulder
Injury Related to Vaccine
Respondent. Administration (SIRVA)
Leah VaSahnja Durant, Law Offices of Leah V. Durant, PLLC, Washington, DC, for
Petitioner.
Katherine Carr Esposito, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for
Respondent.
DECISION AWARDING DAMAGES1
On December 21, 2020, Alan Oka filed a petition for compensation under the
National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, 42 U.S.C. §300aa-10, et seq.2 (the
“Vaccine Act”). Petitioner alleged that he suffered a shoulder injury related to vaccine
administration (“SIRVA”), a defined Table Injury, after receiving the influenza (“flu”)
vaccine on October 26, 2019. Petition at 1, ¶¶ 1, 4. The case was assigned to the Special
Processing Unit of the Office of Special Masters.
On August 15, 2022, a ruling on entitlement was issued, finding Petitioner entitled
to compensation for her SIRVA. In this case, Respondent filed a combined Rule 4(c)
Report and Proffer on award of compensation (“Rule 4(c) Report and Proffer”) indicating
1 Because this unpublished Decision contains a reasoned explanation for the action in this case, I am
required to post it on the United States Court of Federal Claims' website in accordance with the E-
Government Act of 2002. 44 U.S.C. § 3501 note (2012) (Federal Management and Promotion of Electronic
Government Services). This means the Decision will be available to anyone with access to the
internet. In accordance with Vaccine Rule 18(b), Petitioner has 14 days to identify and move to redact
medical or other information, the disclosure of which would constitute an unwarranted invasion of privacy.
If, upon review, I agree that the identified material fits within this definition, I will redact such material from
public access.
2 National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986, Pub. L. No. 99-660, 100 Stat. 3755. Hereinafter, for ease
of citation, all section references to the Vaccine Act will be to the pertinent subparagraph of 42 U.S.C. §
300aa (2012).

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Petitioner should be awarded $83,164.75, representing $82,500.00 for his pain and
suffering and $664.75 for his unreimbursed expenses. Rule 4(c) Report and Proffer at 5-
6. In the Proffer, Respondent represented that Petitioner agrees with the proffered award.
Id. Based on the record as a whole, I find that Petitioner is entitled to an award as stated
in the Rule 4(c) Report and Proffer.
Pursuant to the terms stated in combined Rule 4(c) Report and Proffer,3 I award
Petitioner a lump sum payment of $83,164.75, representing $82,500.00 for his pain
and suffering and $664.75 for his unreimbursed expenses4 in the form of a check
payable to Petitioner. This amount represents compensation for all damages that would
be available under Section 15(a).
The Clerk of Court is directed to enter judgment in accordance with this decision.5
IT IS SO ORDERED.
s/Brian H. Corcoran
Brian H. Corcoran
Chief Special Master
3 Because the Rule 4(c) Report and Proffer contains detailed medical information, it will not be filed as an
attachment to this Decision.
4 The Rule 4(c) Report and Proffer does not indicate which portion of these amounts is designated as
past pain and suffering and expenses versus future.
5 Pursuant to Vaccine Rule 11(a), entry of judgment can be expedited by the parties’ joint filing of notice
renouncing the right to seek review.
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