Mary Patricia Turner v. HHS - Influenza, shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) (2026)

On May 6, 2021, Mary Patricia Turner filed a petition alleging that an influenza vaccination administered on September 17, 2018 caused a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration. The record also reflected a shingles vaccination around the same visit, and the case focused on whether she could prove the flu vaccine was administered in the affected left shoulder and whether her pain began within the Table timeframe.

Respondent recommended denial, arguing that the vaccination record stated the flu vaccine was administered in the right deltoid and that Ms. Turner could not prove onset within forty-eight hours.

Ms. Turner moved for a ruling on the record.

The medical chronology included a post-vaccination orthopedic visit where she reported no previous left shoulder problems and described left shoulder pain shortly after vaccination. Examination showed limited range of motion, and she received a corticosteroid injection into the subdeltoid bursa.

She later returned for follow-up after the injection helped but wore off. Chief Special Master Brian H.

Corcoran found that Ms. Turner had proven the elements of a Table SIRVA claim by preponderant evidence and granted entitlement on March 19, 2026.

The public decision resolved entitlement only; damages were not yet awarded.