{"package_id":"USCOURTS-cofc-1_21-vv-01945","decision_granule_id":"USCOURTS-cofc-1_21-vv-01945-0","petitioner_identifier":"Elisha M. Price","is_minor":0,"age_at_vaccination":40.0,"age_unit_raw":"years","vaccine_type":"Tdap; hepatitis A; influenza","vaccination_date":"2018-10-05","condition_raw":"right shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA)","condition_category":"shoulder","autism_spectrum_adjacent":0,"outcome":"entitlement granted","award_amount_usd":null,"decision_date":"2025-09-10","extraction_version":"manual-supplement-redo-2026-05-normal38","extracted_at":"2026-05-04 21:06:08","number_of_concurrent_vaccines":3,"dose_number":null,"time_to_onset_days":0,"theory_of_causation":"Tdap, hepatitis A, and influenza vaccines, October 5, 2018, age 40, right shoulder SIRVA. ENTITLEMENT GRANTED; damages pending. Petitioner avoided left-arm injections because of severe prior left upper-arm injury from an assault involving bleach injection, coma, necrosis, gangrene, and reconstructive surgery. She alleged immediate extreme right shoulder pain after same-day right-arm vaccinations. Key evidence: October-November 2018 shoulder pain records, April 2019 'ever since several vaccinations' history, MRI showing deltoid edema/cortical defect, persistent orthopedic/PT care, later cervical radiculopathy treated as not excluding SIRVA. Chief Special Master Corcoran found Table SIRVA despite one imprecise early record. Attorney Richard Moeller.","is_death":0,"date_of_death":null,"petition_filed_date":"2021-10-01","case_summary":"On October 1, 2021, Elisha M. Price filed a petition alleging that Tdap, hepatitis A, and influenza vaccines administered on October 5, 2018, caused a right shoulder injury related to vaccine administration. She was 40 years old.\n\nMs. Price had a striking pre-vaccination history involving the opposite arm: an ex-boyfriend had injected bleach into her left upper arm, causing coma, necrosis, gangrene, and reconstructive surgeries with skin grafts. Because of that history, she avoided left-arm vaccinations. The October 2018 vaccines were administered in the right arm. She described the flu shot as the highest injection and reported immediate severe right shoulder pain.\n\nWithin weeks, she sought care for right shoulder pain. Later records described pain ever since the vaccinations, reduced function, and MRI findings that included deltoid edema and a cortical defect or contusion. She treated with orthopedics, physical therapy, injections, and later surgery, while also developing neck and radicular complaints years later.\n\nChief Special Master Corcoran found that Ms. Price established a Table SIRVA. Although an early record was not perfectly precise about onset, the overall medical record repeatedly tied the shoulder pain to vaccination and supported onset within 48 hours. The later cervical radiculopathy did not defeat the claim because the record supported a shoulder injury beginning immediately after vaccination. On September 10, 2025, entitlement was granted and damages remained pending. Ms. Price was represented by Richard Moeller.","is_minor_inferred":0,"is_pediatric_broad":0,"special_master":"Brian H. Corcoran","petitioner_identifier_original":null,"caption_petitioner_name":null,"petitioner_attorney_name":"Richard H. Moeller","petitioner_attorney_firm":"Moore, Corbett, Moeller & Meiss LLP","petitioner_attorney_location":"Sioux City, IA","adjudicator_name":null,"caption_people_backfilled_at":null,"attorney_canonical_keys":"|richard-moeller|","firm_canonical_key":"moore-corbett-moeller-and-meiss","package_title":"PRICE v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","canonical_url":"https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_21-vv-01945","plain_text_url":"https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_21-vv-01945.txt","json_url":"https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_21-vv-01945.json","source_documents":[{"granule_id":"USCOURTS-cofc-1_21-vv-01945-0","title":"PRICE v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","docket_text":"PUBLIC ORDER/RULING (Originally filed: 09/10/2025) regarding 64 Ruling on Entitlement Signed by Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran. (ppa) Service on parties made.","date_issued":"2025-10-14","pdf_url":"https://api.govinfo.gov/packages/USCOURTS-cofc-1_21-vv-01945/granules/USCOURTS-cofc-1_21-vv-01945-0/pdf","pdf_bytes":276674,"triage_decision":"keep","triage_reason":"docketText matches keep keyword 'ruling on entitlement'","download_status":"ok","registry_pdf_url":"https://vicp-registry.org/pdf/USCOURTS-cofc-1_21-vv-01945/USCOURTS-cofc-1_21-vv-01945-0"}]}