VICP Registry Case Source Bundle
Canonical URL: https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_22-vv-00264
Package ID: USCOURTS-cofc-1_22-vv-00264
Petitioner: Timothy M. Kinman
Filed: 2022-03-08
Decided: 2025-12-09
Vaccine: Hepatitis B
Vaccination date: 2019-03-11
Condition: shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA)
Outcome: compensated
Award amount USD: 35000

AI-assisted case summary:
On March 8, 2022, Timothy M. Kinman filed a petition alleging that a hepatitis B vaccination administered on March 11, 2019 caused a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration, or alternatively caused other pain, illness, disabilities, and conditions. The public stipulation identifies him as an adult but does not state an exact age.

Respondent denied that the hepatitis B immunization caused Mr. Kinman's alleged injury. The public decision does not describe onset, treatment, imaging, injections, therapy, or functional limitations. On December 9, 2025, Special Master Mindy Michaels Roth adopted the parties' joint stipulation and awarded $35,000.00 as a lump sum through counsel for all damages available under the Vaccine Act.

Theory of causation field:
Adult petitioner; hepatitis B vaccine March 11, 2019; alleged SIRVA/other pain or conditions. COMPENSATED by stipulation. Respondent denied causation; public text lacks clinical chronology. SM Roth December 9, 2025. Award $35,000.00 lump sum. Petition filed March 8, 2022.

Public staged source text:

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DOCUMENT 1: USCOURTS-cofc-1_22-vv-00264-0
Date issued/filed: 2026-01-07
Pages: 7
Docket text: PUBLIC DECISION (Originally filed: 12/09/2025) regarding 72 DECISION Stipulation. Signed by Special Master Mindy Michaels Roth. (dkj) Service on parties made.
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In the United States Court of Federal Claims
OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS
No. 22-264V
Filed: December 9, 2025
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TIMOTHY M. KINMAN, *
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Petitioner, *
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v. *
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SECRETARY OF HEALTH *
AND HUMAN SERVICES, *
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Respondent. *
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Richard H. Moeller, Esq., Moore, Heffernan, et al., Sioux City, IA, for petitioner.
Debra Begley, Esq., US Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for respondent.
DECISION ON JOINT STIPULATION1
Roth, Special Master:
On March 8, 2022, Timothy Kinman filed a petition for compensation under the National
Vaccine Injury Compensation Program.2 Petitioner alleges that he developed a shoulder injury
related to vaccine administration (“SIRVA”) or, in the alternative, “pain, illness, disabilities, and
conditions” after receiving a Hepatitis B vaccine on March 11, 2019. Stipulation, filed December
9, 2025, at ¶¶ 1-4. Respondent denies that the aforementioned immunization caused petitioner’s
injury. Stipulation at ¶ 6.
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 “§” references to the Vaccine Act will be to the pertinent subparagraph of 42 U.S.C. § 300aa
(2018).
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Nevertheless, the parties have agreed to settle the case. On December 9, 2025, the parties
filed a joint stipulation agreeing to settle this case and describing the settlement terms. Respondent
agrees to issue the following payment:
A lump sum of $35,000.00, to be paid through an ACH deposit to petitioner’s
counsel’s IOLTA account for prompt distribution to petitioner. This amount represents
compensation for all damages that would be available under § 300aa-15(a).
I adopt the parties’ stipulation attached hereto, and award compensation in the amount and
on the terms set forth therein. The clerk of the court is directed to enter judgment in accordance
with this decision.3
IT IS SO ORDERED.
s/ Mindy Michaels Roth
Mindy Michaels Roth
Special Master
3 Pursuant to Vaccine Rule 11(a), entry of judgment can be expedited by each party filing a notice
renouncing the right to seek review.
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