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Canonical URL: https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_23-vv-00373
Package ID: USCOURTS-cofc-1_23-vv-00373
Petitioner: Suzanne C. Anderson
Filed: 2023-03-16
Decided: 2025-12-16
Vaccine: tetanus-diphtheria-acellular pertussis (Tdap)
Vaccination date: 2020-06-17
Condition: shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA)
Outcome: compensated
Award amount USD: 22000

AI-assisted case summary:
On March 16, 2023, Suzanne C. Anderson filed a petition alleging that a tetanus-diphtheria-acellular pertussis (Tdap) vaccination administered on June 17, 2020 caused a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration. The public stipulation identifies her as an adult but does not state an exact age.

Respondent denied that Ms. Anderson sustained a Table SIRVA, denied that the vaccine caused her shoulder injury or any other injury, and denied that her current condition was vaccine-related. The public decision does not describe onset, treatment, imaging, injections, therapy, or expert opinions. On December 16, 2025, Chief Special Master Corcoran adopted the stipulation and awarded $22,000.00 as a lump sum through counsel for all damages available under the Vaccine Act.

Theory of causation field:
Adult petitioner; Tdap vaccine June 17, 2020; alleged SIRVA. COMPENSATED by stipulation. Respondent denied Table SIRVA and causation; public text lacks clinical chronology. Decision December 16, 2025. Award $22,000.00 lump sum. Petition filed March 16, 2023.

Public staged source text:

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DOCUMENT 1: USCOURTS-cofc-1_23-vv-00373-0
Date issued/filed: 2026-01-15
Pages: 7
Docket text: PUBLIC DECISION (Originally filed: 12/16/2025) regarding 41 DECISION Stipulation/Proffer, Signed by Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran. (ppa) Service on parties made.
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In the United States Court of Federal Claims
OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS
No. 23-373V
SUZANNE C. ANDERSON, Chief Special Master Corcoran
Petitioner,
v. Filed: December 16, 2025
SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES,
Respondent.
Elizabeth Martin Muldowney, Sands Anderson PC, Richmond, VA, for Petitioner.
Eleanor Hanson, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
DECISION ON JOINT STIPULATION1
On March 16, 2023, Suzanne C. Anderson filed a petition for compensation under
the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, 42 U.S.C. §300aa-10, et seq.2 (the
“Vaccine Act”). On June 17, 2020, Petitioner received a tetanus-diphtheria-acellular
pertussis (“Tdap”) vaccine, a vaccine contained in the Vaccine Injury Table (the “Table”),
42 C.F.R. § 100.3(a). Petitioner alleges that she sustained a shoulder injury related to
vaccine administration (“SIRVA”) as defined in the Table; she further alleges that the flu
vaccine caused her alleged shoulder injury, and that she suffered the residual effects of
her alleged injury for more than six months.
Respondent denies that Petitioner sustained a SIRVA Table injury; denies that the
vaccine caused Petitioner’s alleged shoulder injury, or any other injury; and denies that
her current condition is a sequela of a vaccine-related injury.
1 Because this Decision 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 Decision 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).

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Nevertheless, on December 15, 2025, the parties filed the attached joint
stipulation, stating that a decision should be entered awarding compensation. I find the
stipulation reasonable and adopt it as my decision awarding damages, on the terms set
forth therein.
Pursuant to the terms stated in the attached Stipulation, I award the following
compensation:
A lump sum of $22,000.00 to be paid through an ACH deposit to Petitioner’s
counsel’s IOLTA account for prompt disbursement to Petitioner. Stipulation
¶ 8. This amount represents compensation for all items of damages that would be
available under Section 15(a). Id.
I approve the requested amount for Petitioner’s compensation. In the absence of
a motion for review filed pursuant to RCFC Appendix B, the Clerk of Court is directed to
enter judgment in accordance with this decision.3
IT IS SO ORDERED.
s/Brian H. Corcoran
Brian H. Corcoran
Chief Special Master
3 Pursuant to Vaccine Rule 11(a), entry of judgment can be expedited by the parties’ joint filing of notice
renouncing the right to seek review.
2

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