Khalia Jones v. HHS - Influenza, left shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) (2025)

On August 16, 2022, Khalia Jones filed a petition alleging that an influenza vaccination administered in her left arm on November 1, 2020, caused a left shoulder injury related to vaccine administration. Ms.

Jones first sought care by telehealth on November 23, 2020, reporting shoulder pain after a shot close to the joint. She was prescribed an oral steroid.

At an orthopedic visit on November 30, she reported significant improvement with Medrol, though she still had reduced range of motion and positive impingement testing; the orthopedist considered subacromial or subdeltoid bursal inflammation. After that, the record was sparse.

An April 2021 sick visit did not mention shoulder problems, and a May 2021 preventive-care visit documented normal left upper-extremity range of motion and strength. In January 2022, before childbirth, she received a Tdap vaccine in the left arm.

She returned to care in March 2022 with wrist pain and renewed shoulder complaints while caring for her baby. Chief Special Master Corcoran found that Ms.

Jones did not prove the Vaccine Act's six-month severity requirement. The normal May 2021 left upper-extremity examination, the long treatment gap, and the later left-arm Tdap vaccination prevented the record from showing that the November 2020 flu shot caused residual shoulder effects lasting more than six months.

On September 8, 2025, the petition was dismissed. No compensation was awarded.

Ms. Jones was represented by David Carney.