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Canonical URL: https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_23-vv-00172
Package ID: USCOURTS-cofc-1_23-vv-00172
Petitioner: Claire Paul
Filed: 2023-02-07
Decided: 2024-03-19
Vaccine: tetanus
Vaccination date: 2021-09-13
Condition: shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA)
Outcome: entitlement_granted_pending_damages
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AI-assisted case summary:
Claire Paul filed a petition for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program on February 7, 2023, alleging she suffered a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) following a tetanus vaccination on September 13, 2021. She stated her SIRVA symptoms persisted for more than six months. The respondent filed a Rule 4(c) report conceding that Petitioner is entitled to compensation. The respondent agreed that Petitioner's injury was consistent with SIRVA as defined by the Vaccine Injury Table, noting she had no prior shoulder issues, the pain occurred within 48 hours of vaccination, was limited to the injection shoulder, and no other condition explained the pain. The respondent further agreed that Petitioner met all legal prerequisites for compensation. Based on the respondent's concession and the evidence, the Chief Special Master found Petitioner entitled to compensation. The case was proceeding to determine damages.

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Public staged source text:

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DOCUMENT 1: USCOURTS-cofc-1_23-vv-00172-0
Date issued/filed: 2024-03-19
Pages: 2
Docket text: PUBLIC ORDER/RULING (Originally filed: 02/15/2024) regarding 32 Ruling on Entitlement ( Signed by Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran. )(mpj) Service on parties made.
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Case 1:23-vv-00172-UNJ Document 36 Filed 03/19/24 Page 1 of 2
In the United States Court of Federal Claims
OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS
No. 23-0172V
CLAIRE PAUL, Chief Special Master Corcoran
Petitioner, Filed: February 15, 2024
v.
SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES,
Respondent.
Amy A. Senerth, Muller Brazil, LLP, Dresher, PA, for Petitioner.
Michael Joseph Lang, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
RULING ON ENTITLEMENT1
On February 7, 2023, Claire Paul filed a petition for compensation under the
National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, 42 U.S.C. §300aa-10, et seq.2 (the
“Vaccine Act”). Petitioner alleges that she suffered a shoulder injury related to vaccine
administration (“SIRVA”) following a tetanus vaccination she received on September 13,
2021. Petition at 1. Petitioner further alleges that her “SIRVA symptoms persisted for
more than six months.” Petition at ¶ 9. The case was assigned to the Special Processing
Unit of the Office of Special Masters.
On February 6, 2024, Respondent filed his Rule 4(c) report in which he concedes
that Petitioner is entitled to compensation in this case. Respondent’s Rule 4(c) Report at
1. Respondent states that “Petitioner’s alleged injury is consistent with SIRVA as defined
1 Because this Ruling contains a reasoned explanation for the action taken in this case, it must be made
publicly accessible and will be posted on the United States Court of Federal Claims' website, and/or
at https://www.govinfo.gov/app/collection/uscourts/national/cofc, in accordance with the E-Government
Act of 2002. 44 U.S.C. § 3501 note (2018) (Federal Management and Promotion of Electronic Government
Services). This means the Ruling will be available to anyone with access to the internet. In accordance
with Vaccine Rule 18(b), Petitioner has 14 days to identify and move to redact medical or other information,
the disclosure of which would constitute an unwarranted invasion of privacy. If, upon review, I agree that
the identified material fits within this definition, I will redact such material from public access.
2 National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986, Pub. L. No. 99-660, 100 Stat. 3755. Hereinafter, for ease
of citation, all section references to the Vaccine Act will be to the pertinent subparagraph of 42 U.S.C. §
300aa (2018).

Case 1:23-vv-00172-UNJ Document 36 Filed 03/19/24 Page 2 of 2
by the Vaccine Injury Table. Specifically, Petitioner had no documented history of pain,
inflammation, or dysfunction of her left shoulder prior to vaccination; pain occurred within
48 hours after receipt of an intramuscular vaccination; pain was limited to the shoulder in
which the vaccine was administered; and no other condition or abnormality has been
identified to explain Petitioner’s shoulder pain.” Id. at 4-5. Respondent further agrees that
“Petitioner has satisfied all legal prerequisites for compensation under the Act.” Id. at 5.
In view of Respondent’s position and the evidence of record, I find that
Petitioner is entitled to compensation.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
s/Brian H. Corcoran
Brian H. Corcoran
Chief Special Master
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