Lisa Carter v. HHS - Influenza, shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) (2022)

Lisa Carter filed a petition for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program on February 1, 2021. She alleged that she suffered a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) as a result of an influenza vaccination received on October 5, 2018.

Ms. Carter further alleged that her vaccine-related injuries persisted for more than six months following the vaccination.

The case was assigned to the Special Processing Unit. On September 30, 2022, the Respondent filed a Rule 4(c) report conceding that Petitioner is entitled to compensation.

The Respondent stated that Petitioner satisfied the criteria in the Vaccine Injury Table and the Qualifications and Aids to Interpretation for SIRVA caused by the intramuscular administration of a flu vaccine. The Respondent also agreed that Petitioner received the vaccine in the United States and met the statutory severity requirement by suffering residual effects or complications of her injury for more than six months after vaccine administration.

Based on the Respondent's concession and the evidence of record, Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran found Petitioner entitled to compensation.

The public decision does not describe the specific onset of symptoms, medical examinations, diagnostic tests, treatments, or expert witnesses. The attorneys involved were Isaiah Richard Kalinowski for the Petitioner and Mitchell Jones for the Respondent.