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Canonical URL: https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_21-vv-00167
Package ID: USCOURTS-cofc-1_21-vv-00167
Petitioner: Sharon Brown
Filed: 2021-01-06
Decided: 2023-02-24
Vaccine: pneumococcal conjugate
Vaccination date: 2019-10-30
Condition: shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA)
Outcome: entitlement_granted_pending_damages
Award amount USD: 

AI-assisted case summary:
Sharon Brown filed a petition for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, alleging she sustained a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) after receiving a pneumococcal conjugate (Prevnar 13) vaccination on October 30, 2019. She stated that the vaccination occurred in the United States and that her injuries have lasted for more than six months. The respondent, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, filed a Rule 4(c) report conceding that Ms. Brown is entitled to compensation. The respondent determined that she met the criteria for SIRVA as set forth in the Vaccine Injury Table and its accompanying interpretations. The respondent also agreed that Ms. Brown filed her case within the statutory time limits, received the vaccine in the United States, and satisfied the severity requirement of suffering residual effects for more than six months. Based on the respondent's concession and the evidence, the Chief Special Master found Ms. Brown entitled to compensation. The case was assigned to the Special Processing Unit, and a ruling on entitlement was issued, with damages to be determined later.

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Public staged source text:

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DOCUMENT 1: USCOURTS-cofc-1_21-vv-00167-0
Date issued/filed: 2023-02-24
Pages: 2
Docket text: PUBLIC ORDER/RULING (Originally filed: 01/24/2023) regarding 23 Ruling on Entitlement Signed by Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran. (nh) Service on parties made.
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Case 1:21-vv-00167-UNJ Document 26 Filed 02/24/23 Page 1 of 2
In the United States Court of Federal Claims
OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS
No. 21-167V
UNPUBLISHED
SHARON BROWN, Chief Special Master Corcoran
Petitioner, Filed: January 24, 2023
v.
Special Processing Unit (SPU);
SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND Ruling on Entitlement; Concession;
HUMAN SERVICES, Table Injury; Pneumococcal
Conjugate Vaccine; Shoulder Injury
Respondent. Related to Vaccine Administration
(SIRVA)
Jeffrey S. Pop, Jeffrey S. Pop & Associates, Beverly Hills, CA, for Petitioner.
Nina Ren, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
RULING ON ENTITLEMENT1
On January 6, 2021, Sharon Brown filed a petition2 for compensation under the
National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, 42 U.S.C. §300aa-10, et seq.3 (the
“Vaccine Act”). Petitioner alleges that she sustained a shoulder injury related to vaccine
administration (SIRVA) after receiving a pneumococcal conjugate (Prevnar 13)
vaccination on October 30, 2019. Amended Petition at 1. Petitioner further alleges that
the vaccination was administered within the United States, her vaccine-related injuries
have lasted for longer than six months, and she has not filed a civil action and has not
received compensation in the form of an award or settlement for her vaccine-related
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 Petitioner filed a more detailed amended petition on March 18, 2021. See ECF No. 10.
3 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).

Case 1:21-vv-00167-UNJ Document 26 Filed 02/24/23 Page 2 of 2
injury. Amended Petition at 1, 7. The case was assigned to the Special Processing Unit
of the Office of Special Masters.
On January 18, 2023, Respondent filed his Rule 4(c) report in which he concedes
that Petitioner is entitled to compensation in this case. Respondent’s Rule 4(c) Report at
1. Specifically, Respondent determined that “[P]etitioner has satisfied the criteria set forth
in the Table and the Qualifications and Aids to Interpretation for SIRVA.” Id. at 4.
Respondent further agrees that “[P]etitioner timely filed her case, that she received the
Prevnar 13 vaccine in the United States, and that she satisfies the statutory severity
requirement by suffering the residual effects or complications of her injury for more than
six months after vaccine administration.” Id.
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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