{"package_id":"USCOURTS-cofc-1_21-vv-00051","decision_granule_id":"USCOURTS-cofc-1_21-vv-00051-0","petitioner_identifier":"Jane Brennom","is_minor":0,"age_at_vaccination":67.0,"age_unit_raw":"years","vaccine_type":"influenza","vaccination_date":"2019-01-16","condition_raw":"shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA)","condition_category":"SIRVA","autism_spectrum_adjacent":0,"outcome":"dismissed","award_amount_usd":null,"decision_date":"2023-11-13","extraction_version":"gemini-v2","extracted_at":"2026-04-30T01:22:59.596982+00:00","number_of_concurrent_vaccines":1,"dose_number":null,"time_to_onset_days":0,"theory_of_causation":"Petitioner Jane Brennom, age 67, received an influenza vaccine on January 16, 2019, and alleged a Shoulder Injury Related to Vaccine Administration (SIRVA). The public decision does not specify the theory of causation beyond the general allegation of SIRVA, nor does it detail the mechanism of injury or name specific experts. The core issue was whether Petitioner met the Vaccine Act's severity requirement, which mandates residual effects of the injury persist for more than six months post-vaccination. Petitioner reported pain starting shortly after vaccination and received a SIRVA diagnosis and cortisone injections in April and June 2019, reporting improvement. However, the record showed significant treatment gaps, including over a year between June 2019 and June 2020. Later complaints of shoulder pain in June 2020 and subsequent years were not sufficiently linked to the 2019 vaccine, with the Special Master noting pre-existing conditions and degenerative changes as potential alternative causes. The Special Master, Brian H. Corcoran, dismissed the claim on November 13, 2023, finding Petitioner failed to prove the injury's residual effects lasted more than six months. Petitioner was represented by Jessica Anne Olins, and Respondent by Christine Mary Becer.","is_death":0,"date_of_death":null,"petition_filed_date":"2021-01-05","case_summary":"On January 5, 2021, Jane Brennom filed a petition for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, alleging that she suffered a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) as a result of an influenza vaccine administered on January 16, 2019. Ms. Brennom was 67 years old at the time of vaccination and had a history of multiple shoulder issues, including osteoarthritis, frozen shoulder, and prior shoulder surgeries. She reported left shoulder pain beginning shortly after the January 16, 2019, vaccination. Medical records from March 2019 indicated inflammation and bursitis possibly related to the injection site, and a diagnosis of SIRVA was made in April 2019, at which time she received a cortisone injection. She reported significant improvement by June 2019, when she received a second cortisone injection. The public decision does not describe the specific symptoms, onset details beyond \"shortly after the vaccination,\" or any expert reports submitted by the petitioner, other than noting an expert report was submitted addressing causation and sequela. The respondent argued that Ms. Brennom failed to meet the Vaccine Act's severity requirement, which mandates that the residual effects of the injury must persist for more than six months post-vaccination. The Special Master noted significant gaps in treatment, including a period of over one year between June 2019 and June 2020. While Ms. Brennom reported renewed pain in June 2020 and again in 2021 and 2022, the Special Master found that the evidence did not sufficiently link this later pain to the January 2019 vaccine injury, citing the possibility of degenerative changes noted in an earlier MRI and her pre-existing shoulder conditions. The Special Master concluded that Ms. Brennom failed to establish by a preponderance of the evidence that her injury persisted for the required six months. Consequently, the case was dismissed. The petition was filed on January 5, 2021, and the decision was issued by Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran on November 13, 2023. Petitioner was represented by Jessica Anne Olins of Maglio Christopher & Toale, PA, and Respondent was represented by Christine Mary Becer of the U.S. Department of Justice.","is_minor_inferred":0,"is_pediatric_broad":0,"special_master":"Brian H. 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