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Chief SM Brian H. Corcoran; petition September 12, 2022; amended petition September 8, 2025; entitlement September 9, 2025; damages October 16, 2025.","is_death":0,"date_of_death":null,"petition_filed_date":"2022-09-12","case_summary":"On September 12, 2022, Brittany Flores filed a petition alleging that an influenza vaccine administered on September 15, 2019 caused Guillain-Barre syndrome. She later filed an amended petition in September 2025.\n\nRespondent initially defended the case, but later filed an amended Rule 4(c) report conceding that Ms. Flores met the Vaccine Injury Table criteria for GBS following influenza vaccination. The public entitlement and damages documents do not describe the first neurologic symptoms, diagnostic testing, hospitalization, IVIG or plasma exchange, rehabilitation, or residual deficits.\n\nChief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran found entitlement on September 9, 2025. 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