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Canonical URL: https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_21-vv-00517
Package ID: USCOURTS-cofc-1_21-vv-00517
Petitioner: Adam Schoenfeld
Filed: 2021-01-11
Decided: 2023-10-02
Vaccine: influenza
Vaccination date: 2019-10-03
Condition: shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA)
Outcome: compensated
Award amount USD: 20000

AI-assisted case summary:
Adam Schoenfeld filed a petition for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program on January 11, 2021. He alleged that he suffered a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) as a result of an influenza vaccination he received on October 3, 2019. Mr. Schoenfeld further alleged that his SIRVA symptoms persisted for more than six months. Respondent denied that Petitioner sustained a SIRVA Table injury, denied that the vaccine caused his alleged shoulder injury or any other injury, and denied that his current condition is a sequela of a vaccine-related injury. Despite these denials, the parties filed a joint stipulation on August 28, 2023, stating that a decision should be entered awarding compensation. The court found the stipulation reasonable and adopted it as its decision awarding damages. Pursuant to the terms of the stipulation, the court awarded Adam Schoenfeld a lump sum of $20,000.00, representing compensation for all items of damages available under Section 15(a) of the Vaccine Act.

Theory of causation field:
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Public staged source text:

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DOCUMENT 1: USCOURTS-cofc-1_21-vv-00517-0
Date issued/filed: 2023-10-02
Pages: 8
Docket text: PUBLIC DECISION (Originally filed: 08/29/2023) regarding 32 DECISION Stipulation/Proffer ( Signed by Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran. )(mpj) Service on parties made.
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In the United States Court of Federal Claims
OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS
No. 21-0517V
ADAM SCHOENFELD, Chief Special Master Corcoran
Petitioner, Filed: August 29, 2023
v.
SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES,
Respondent.
Paul R. Brazil, Muller Brazil, LLP, Dresher, PA, for Petitioner.
Sarah Black Rifkin, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
DECISION ON JOINT STIPULATION1
On January 11, 2021, Adam Schoenfeld 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 he suffered a shoulder injury related to vaccine
administration (“SIRVA”) as a result of an influenza vaccination he received on October
3, 2019. Petition at 1; Stipulation, filed at August 28, 2023, ¶2, 4. Petitioner further alleges
that his “SIRVA symptoms persisted for more than six months.” Petition at 5; Stipulation
at ¶4. “Respondent denies “that Petitioner sustained a SIRVA Table injury; denies that
the vaccine caused Petitioner’s alleged shoulder injury, or any other injury; and denies
that his current condition is a sequela of a vaccine-related injury.” Stipulation at ¶6.
Nevertheless, on August 28, 2023, the parties filed the attached joint stipulation,
stating that a decision should be entered awarding compensation. I find the stipulation
reasonable and adopt it as my decision awarding damages, on the terms set forth therein.
1 Because this Decision contains a reasoned explanation for the action taken in this case, it must be made
publicly accessible and will be posted on the United States Court of Federal Claims' website, and/or
at https://www.govinfo.gov/app/collection/uscourts/national/cofc, in accordance with the E-Government
Act of 2002. 44 U.S.C. § 3501 note (2018) (Federal Management and Promotion of Electronic Government
Services). This means the Decision 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 (2018).

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Pursuant to the terms stated in the attached Stipulation, I award the following
compensation:
A lump sum of $20,000.00 in the form of a check payable to Petitioner.
Stipulation at ¶8. This amount represents compensation for all items of damages
that would be available under Section 15(a). Id.
I approve the requested amount for Petitioner’s compensation. In the absence of
a motion for review filed pursuant to RCFC Appendix B, the Clerk of Court is directed to
enter judgment in accordance with this decision.3
IT IS SO ORDERED.
s/Brian H. Corcoran
Brian H. Corcoran
Chief Special Master
3 Pursuant to Vaccine Rule 11(a), entry of judgment can be expedited by the parties’ joint filing of notice
renouncing the right to seek review.
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