{"package_id":"USCOURTS-cofc-1_22-vv-00436","decision_granule_id":"USCOURTS-cofc-1_22-vv-00436-0","petitioner_identifier":"Brenda McGaha","is_minor":0,"age_at_vaccination":null,"age_unit_raw":"adult (exact age not stated in public source)","vaccine_type":"Tdap","vaccination_date":"2019-12-13","condition_raw":"shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA)","condition_category":"SIRVA","autism_spectrum_adjacent":0,"outcome":"compensated","award_amount_usd":17500,"decision_date":"2025-10-07","extraction_version":"manual-supplement-redo-2026-05-normal36","extracted_at":"2026-05-04 19:46:51","number_of_concurrent_vaccines":1,"dose_number":null,"time_to_onset_days":null,"theory_of_causation":"Tdap vaccine, December 13, 2019, alleged Table SIRVA or caused-in-fact shoulder injury. COMPENSATED by stipulation. Respondent denied Table SIRVA, Tdap causation, and sequelae. Public decision/stipulation does not provide onset, clinical course, testing, experts, or mechanism. Award: $17,500 lump sum for all Section 15(a) damages, ACH to counsel IOLTA. Chief Special Master Corcoran October 7, 2025. Attorney Laura Levenberg, Muller Brazil; respondent Mary Eileen Holmes.","is_death":0,"date_of_death":null,"petition_filed_date":"2022-04-15","case_summary":"On April 15, 2022, Brenda McGaha filed a petition seeking compensation after a tetanus, diphtheria, and acellular pertussis (Tdap) vaccine administered on December 13, 2019. She alleged a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration, either as a Table SIRVA or, in the alternative, as a caused-in-fact injury, with residual effects lasting more than six months.\n\nRespondent denied that Ms. McGaha sustained a SIRVA Table injury, denied that the Tdap vaccine caused the alleged SIRVA or any other injury, and denied that her current condition was a sequela of a vaccine-related injury. The public stipulation decision does not describe symptom onset, medical treatment, imaging, functional impact, experts, or a causation mechanism.\n\nOn October 7, 2025, Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran adopted the parties' joint stipulation. Ms. McGaha received a lump sum of $17,500.00, paid through counsel's IOLTA account, representing all damages available under Section 15(a).","is_minor_inferred":1,"is_pediatric_broad":0,"special_master":"Brian H. Corcoran","petitioner_identifier_original":null,"caption_petitioner_name":"Brenda McGaha","petitioner_attorney_name":"Laura Levenberg","petitioner_attorney_firm":"Muller Brazil, LLP","petitioner_attorney_location":"Dresher, PA","adjudicator_name":null,"caption_people_backfilled_at":"2026-05-05 23:43:23","attorney_canonical_keys":"|laura-levenberg|","firm_canonical_key":"muller-brazil","package_title":"MCGAHA v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","canonical_url":"https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_22-vv-00436","plain_text_url":"https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_22-vv-00436.txt","json_url":"https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_22-vv-00436.json","source_documents":[{"granule_id":"USCOURTS-cofc-1_22-vv-00436-0","title":"MCGAHA v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","docket_text":"PUBLIC DECISION (Originally filed: 10/7/2025) regarding 31 DECISION Stipulation/Proffer Signed by Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran. (ppa) Service on parties made.","date_issued":"2025-11-07","pdf_url":"https://api.govinfo.gov/packages/USCOURTS-cofc-1_22-vv-00436/granules/USCOURTS-cofc-1_22-vv-00436-0/pdf","pdf_bytes":904406,"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-00436/USCOURTS-cofc-1_22-vv-00436-0"},{"granule_id":"USCOURTS-cofc-1_22-vv-00436-1","title":"MCGAHA v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","docket_text":"PUBLIC DECISION (Originally filed: 12/17/2025) regarding 38 DECISION of Special Master - Fees Signed by Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran. (ppa) Service on parties made.","date_issued":"2026-01-21","pdf_url":null,"pdf_bytes":null,"triage_decision":"skip","triage_reason":"fees-only decision (attorney compensation)","download_status":"skipped"}]}