Kimberly M. Corpening v. HHS - Influenza, left shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) (2026)

On October 12, 2022, Kimberly M. Corpening, then 44, filed a petition alleging that an influenza vaccine administered on October 31, 2019 caused a left shoulder injury related to vaccine administration.

Ms. Corpening's affidavit described left shoulder pain beginning after the flu vaccination and lasting longer than six months.

The record included a January 2020 MRI and later physical therapy. Respondent argued that the record did not support severity because there was a gap between the January 2020 MRI and the first physical therapy visit in October 2020, and because two primary-care visits during that period did not mention shoulder pain.

Respondent also argued that a later March 2022 workplace injury complicated the record. Ms.

Corpening pointed to a March 2020 physical therapy referral request and an October 2020 therapy record linking her symptoms back to the vaccination. Chief Special Master Brian H.

Corcoran found the Table SIRVA criteria satisfied. He treated the March 2022 workplace injury as outside the damages sought for the vaccine injury, while noting that later records still undercut the idea that her shoulder condition had fully resolved within six months.

Entitlement was granted on January 2, 2026; damages remained pending.