Brandon Winkler v. HHS - Influenza, left shoulder injury related to vaccination (SIRVA) (2022)

Brandon Winkler filed a petition for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program on December 30, 2020, alleging he suffered a left shoulder injury related to vaccination (SIRVA) after receiving an influenza vaccine on December 20, 2018. Mr.

Winkler stated the vaccine was received in the United States and that no civil action or prior compensation had been sought for his injury. The petition alleged that the SIRVA met the Table SIRVA definition or, in the alternative, was caused-in-fact by the influenza vaccine.

The parties, Petitioner Brandon Winkler and the Secretary of Health and Human Services, filed a joint stipulation on November 1, 2022, agreeing that compensation should be awarded. Chief Special Master Brian H.

Corcoran reviewed the stipulation and found it reasonable, adopting it as his decision. The decision awards Mr.

Winkler a lump sum of $46,000.00, payable by check to the Petitioner, as compensation for all items of damages available under Section 15(a) of the Vaccine Act. Judgment was to be entered in accordance with this decision unless a motion for review was filed.

The public decision does not describe the specific onset of symptoms, medical examinations, diagnostic tests, treatments, or expert witnesses involved in this case.