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Canonical URL: https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_22-vv-00067
Package ID: USCOURTS-cofc-1_22-vv-00067
Petitioner: Sandra Canales
Filed: 2022-01-21
Decided: 2026-07-08
Vaccine: influenza
Vaccination date: 2020-11-03
Condition: shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA)
Outcome: compensated
Award amount USD: 25000

AI-assisted case summary:
Sandra Canales filed a petition for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, alleging she suffered a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) as a result of an influenza vaccine she received on November 3, 2020. She further alleged that she suffered residual effects of her injury for more than six months. Respondent denied that petitioner sustained a SIRVA Table injury, denied that her alleged shoulder injury was caused-in-fact by the flu vaccine, and denied that the flu vaccine caused any other injury or her current condition. Nevertheless, on May 28, 2026, the parties filed a joint stipulation agreeing that compensation should be awarded. The Chief Special Master found the stipulation reasonable and adopted it as the decision awarding damages. A lump sum of $25,000.00 was awarded as compensation for all items of damages available under Section 15(a).

Theory of causation field:
Table

Public staged source text:

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DOCUMENT 1: USCOURTS-cofc-1_22-vv-00067-0
Date issued/filed: 2026-07-08
Pages: 7
Docket text: PUBLIC DECISION (Originally filed: 05/29/2026) regarding 47 DECISION Stipulation/Proffer, Signed by Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran. (ppa) Service on parties made.
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In the United States Court of Federal Claims
OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS
No. 22-0067V
SANDRA CANALES,
Petitioner,
v. Chief Special Master Corcoran
SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND Filed: May 29, 2026
HUMAN SERVICES,
Respondent.
Jonathan Joseph Svitak, Shannon Law Group, P.C., Woodridge, IL, for Petitioner.
Alec Saxe, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
DECISION ON JOINT STIPULATION1
On January 21, 2022, Sandra Canales 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 a shoulder injury related to vaccine
administration (“SIRVA”) as a result of an influenza (“flu”) vaccine she received on
November 3, 2020. Petition at 1; Stipulation, filed at May 28, 2026, ¶¶ 1-7. Petitioner
further alleges that she suffered the residual effects of her injury for more than six months.
Petition at 3; Stipulation at ¶4. “Respondent denies that petitioner sustained a SIRVA
Table injury denies that petitioner’s alleged shoulder injury was caused-in-fact by the flu
vaccine, and denies that the flu vaccine caused petitioner any other injury or her current
condition.” Stipulation at ¶ 6.
Nevertheless, on May 28, 2026, 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 $25,000.00, to be paid through an ACH deposit to Petitioner’s
counsel’s IOLTA account for prompt disbursement 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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