Kathleen Collins v. HHS - Influenza, shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) (2025)

On November 10, 2022, Kathleen Collins filed a petition alleging that influenza and pneumococcal vaccines administered in her left deltoid on October 14, 2021 caused a SIRVA marked by left shoulder pain and limited range of motion. Respondent disputed onset because Ms.

Collins did not contact her primary-care office until January 2022, when she requested an appointment for shoulder pain since the October flu vaccine. The record also contained her explanation that pain began within hours, became sharp and severe, and that she delayed care during COVID surges because of family health risks.

Her course included primary-care evaluation, physical therapy, ultrasound, prescription medication, a steroid injection, and continuing range-of-motion problems. She described being unable to quilt, difficulty with household tasks, and physical therapy that was painful enough to leave her in tears.

Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran credited the evidence of timely onset and found a Table SIRVA.

On October 6, 2025, he awarded $55,000.00 for pain and suffering and $61.97 in unreimbursed expenses, for a total of $55,061.97.