{"package_id":"USCOURTS-cofc-1_22-vv-00240","decision_granule_id":"USCOURTS-cofc-1_22-vv-00240-0","petitioner_identifier":"Khair M. Issa","is_minor":0,"age_at_vaccination":null,"age_unit_raw":"years (no age in source - verified)","vaccine_type":"influenza","vaccination_date":"2020-09-16","condition_raw":"shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA)","condition_category":"SIRVA","autism_spectrum_adjacent":0,"outcome":"compensated","award_amount_usd":25000,"decision_date":"2024-04-12","extraction_version":"gemini-v2","extracted_at":"2026-04-30T01:38:39.226234+00:00","number_of_concurrent_vaccines":1,"dose_number":null,"time_to_onset_days":null,"theory_of_causation":"Petitioner Khair M. Issa filed a petition on March 2, 2022, alleging a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) from an influenza vaccine received on September 16, 2020. Petitioner alleged the injury was a Table injury and that he experienced residual effects for more than six months. Respondent denied the alleged SIRVA Table injury, causation, and sequela. The parties reached a joint stipulation to settle the case. Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran adopted the stipulation, awarding a lump sum of $25,000.00 for all damages. The award represents a compromise of liability and damages. Petitioner was represented by Glen Howard Sturtevant, Jr. (Rawls Law Group), and Respondent by Joseph Adam Lewis (U.S. Department of Justice). The decision was issued on April 12, 2024.","is_death":0,"date_of_death":null,"petition_filed_date":"2022-03-02","case_summary":"Khair M. Issa filed a petition for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program on March 2, 2022, alleging a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) resulting from an influenza vaccine received on September 16, 2020. Mr. Issa is an adult petitioner who received a single flu vaccine. The respondent denied that the petitioner sustained a SIRVA Table injury, denied that the vaccine caused the alleged shoulder injury or any other injury, and denied that his current condition is a sequela of a vaccine-related injury. Despite these differing positions, the parties reached a joint stipulation to settle the case. Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran adopted the stipulation, awarding Mr. Issa a lump sum of $25,000.00 as compensation for all damages. This award represents a compromise of the parties' respective positions on liability and damages. The case proceeded as a Table claim. Petitioner was represented by Glen Howard Sturtevant, Jr. of Rawls Law Group, and Respondent was represented by Joseph Adam Lewis of the U.S. Department of Justice. The decision was issued on April 12, 2024.","is_minor_inferred":0,"is_pediatric_broad":0,"special_master":"Brian H. Corcoran","petitioner_identifier_original":null,"caption_petitioner_name":"Khair M. Issa","petitioner_attorney_name":"Glen Howard Sturtevant, Jr.","petitioner_attorney_firm":"Rawls Law Group (Richmond)","petitioner_attorney_location":"Richmond, VA","adjudicator_name":null,"caption_people_backfilled_at":"2026-05-05 23:44:03","attorney_canonical_keys":"|glen-sturtevant|","firm_canonical_key":"rawls-law-group-richmond","package_title":"ISSA v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","canonical_url":"https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_22-vv-00240","plain_text_url":"https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_22-vv-00240.txt","json_url":"https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_22-vv-00240.json","source_documents":[{"granule_id":"USCOURTS-cofc-1_22-vv-00240-0","title":"ISSA v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","docket_text":"PUBLIC DECISION (Originally filed: 03/12/2024) regarding 41 DECISION Stipulation/Proffer. Signed by Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran. (tlf) Service on parties made.","date_issued":"2024-04-12","pdf_url":"https://api.govinfo.gov/packages/USCOURTS-cofc-1_22-vv-00240/granules/USCOURTS-cofc-1_22-vv-00240-0/pdf","pdf_bytes":860222,"triage_decision":"keep","triage_reason":"docketText matches keep keyword 'stipulation'","download_status":"ok","registry_pdf_url":"https://vicp-registry.org/pdf/USCOURTS-cofc-1_22-vv-00240/USCOURTS-cofc-1_22-vv-00240-0"},{"granule_id":"USCOURTS-cofc-1_22-vv-00240-1","title":"ISSA v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","docket_text":"PUBLIC DECISION (Originally filed: 06/25/2024) regarding 49 DECISION of Special Master - Fees. Signed by Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran. (tlf) Service on parties made.","date_issued":"2024-07-25","pdf_url":null,"pdf_bytes":null,"triage_decision":"skip","triage_reason":"fees-only decision (attorney compensation)","download_status":"skipped"}]}