Michelle Wombold v. HHS - Tdap, adhesive capsulitis, or in the alternative... brachial neuritis (also called Parsonage-Turner syndrome, or PTS) (2025)

Michelle Wombold filed a petition for vaccine compensation on March 24, 2023, alleging that a Tdap vaccine she received on April 28, 2020, caused her to develop adhesive capsulitis or, alternatively, brachial neuritis (Parsonage-Turner syndrome). The Tdap vaccine is listed on the Vaccine Injury Table.

Ms. Wombold alleged that she experienced residual effects from her condition for more than six months.

The respondent, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, denied that the Tdap vaccination caused the alleged injuries or that the current condition was a sequela of a vaccine-related injury. Despite these denials, the parties filed a joint stipulation on May 27, 2025, agreeing to settle the case.

The court adopted the stipulation, awarding Ms. Wombold a lump sum of $13,000.00 as compensation for all damages.

This award represents a negotiated settlement of liability and damages, and does not constitute an admission by the government that the Tdap vaccine caused Ms. Wombold's alleged conditions.