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Canonical URL: https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_21-vv-00259
Package ID: USCOURTS-cofc-1_21-vv-00259
Petitioner: Kuldip Sohpal
Filed: 2021-01-07
Decided: 2023-04-24
Vaccine: influenza
Vaccination date: 2019-10-29
Condition: shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA)
Outcome: entitlement_granted_pending_damages
Award amount USD: 

AI-assisted case summary:
Kuldip Sohpal, an adult, received an influenza vaccine in her left shoulder on October 29, 2019. Within 48 hours, she developed shoulder pain and was diagnosed with a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA). She alleged that the injury caused residual effects lasting more than six months. The case was filed on January 7, 2021. The respondent conceded entitlement to compensation, agreeing that Ms. Sohpal met the criteria for SIRVA on the Vaccine Injury Table. Specifically, she had no prior shoulder issues, the pain occurred within 48 hours of vaccination, was limited to the injection site, and no other cause was identified. The respondent also confirmed timely filing, US administration of the vaccine, and satisfaction of the statutory severity requirement. The Chief Special Master issued a ruling on entitlement, finding Ms. Sohpal entitled to compensation, with damages to be determined later.

Theory of causation field:
Table

Public staged source text:

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DOCUMENT 1: USCOURTS-cofc-1_21-vv-00259-0
Date issued/filed: 2023-04-24
Pages: 2
Docket text: PUBLIC DECISION (Originally filed: 03/23/2023) regarding 30 Ruling on Entitlement ( Signed by Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran. )(mpj) Service on parties made.
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Case 1:21-vv-00259-UNJ Document 32 Filed 04/24/23 Page 1 of 2
In the United States Court of Federal Claims
OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS
No. 21-0259V
UNPUBLISHED
KULDIP SOHPAL, Chief Special Master Corcoran
Petitioner, Filed: March 23, 2023
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.
Tyler King, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
RULING ON ENTITLEMENT1
On January 7, 2021, Kuldip Sohpal 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 alleges that she suffered from a shoulder injury related to
vaccine administration (“SIRVA”) as a result of an influenza (“flu”) vaccine administered
to her left shoulder on October 29, 2019. Petition at 1. Petitioner further alleges that she
satisfies the statutory severity requirement by suffering the residual effects of her injury
for more than six months. Petition at 1-2. The case was assigned to the Special
Processing Unit of the Office of Special Masters.
On March 23, 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 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).

Case 1:21-vv-00259-UNJ Document 32 Filed 04/24/23 Page 2 of 2
1. Specifically, Respondent states that “petitioner has satisfied the criteria set forth in
the Vaccine Injury Table and the Qualifications and Aids to Interpretation for SIRVA.
Specifically, petitioner had no history of pain, inflammation, or dysfunction of her left
shoulder that would explain her symptoms after vaccination; pain occurred within forty-
eight hours after receipt of an intramuscular vaccination; pain was limited to the
shoulder in which the vaccine was administered; and no other condition or abnormality
has been identified to explain petitioner’s pain.” Id. at 9. Respondent further agrees that
Petitioner timely filed her claim, that she received the flu 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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