Pamela Colby v. HHS - Influenza, left shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) (2022)

Pamela Colby filed a petition for compensation on December 30, 2020, alleging she sustained a left shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) after receiving an influenza vaccine on January 6, 2019. Petitioner claimed the injury was a Table injury and that she experienced residual effects for more than six months.

The respondent denied that the flu vaccine caused her injury or that it constituted a SIRVA Table injury. Despite the denial, the parties filed a joint stipulation on December 1, 2022, agreeing to an award of compensation.

Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran found the stipulation reasonable and adopted it as the decision.

The decision awarded Pamela Colby a lump sum of $137,426.57, representing compensation for all items of damages available under the Vaccine Act. The public decision does not describe the specific onset of symptoms, medical tests, treatments, or expert witnesses.