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Canonical URL: https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_23-vv-00552
Package ID: USCOURTS-cofc-1_23-vv-00552
Petitioner: Patricia Cressman
Filed: 2023-04-20
Decided: 2026-01-06
Vaccine: influenza
Vaccination date: 2020-10-15
Condition: shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA)
Outcome: entitlement_granted_pending_damages
Award amount USD: 

AI-assisted case summary:
On April 20, 2023, Patricia Cressman filed a petition alleging that an influenza vaccine administered on October 15, 2020 caused a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration.

Respondent conceded entitlement in a Rule 4(c) report, and Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran found that Ms. Cressman was entitled to compensation. The public ruling is brief and does not describe the first symptom, medical visits, imaging, injections, physical therapy, or residual limitations.

Entitlement was granted on January 6, 2026. Damages remained to be determined.

Theory of causation field:
Influenza vaccine October 15, 2020 causing Table SIRVA; adult, exact age not stated. ENTITLEMENT CONCEDED; damages pending. Public ruling lacks clinical chronology. Chief SM Brian H. Corcoran; petition April 20, 2023; decision January 6, 2026.

Public staged source text:

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DOCUMENT 1: USCOURTS-cofc-1_23-vv-00552-0
Date issued/filed: 2026-02-06
Pages: 2
Docket text: PUBLIC ORDER/RULING (Originally filed: 01/06/2026) regarding 37 Ruling on Entitlement Signed by Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran. (ppa) Service on parties made.
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Case 1:23-vv-00552-UNJ Document 39 Filed 02/06/26 Page 1 of 2
In the United States Court of Federal Claims
OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS
No. 23-552V
PATRICIA CRESSMAN, Chief Special Master Corcoran
Petitioner, Filed: January 6, 2026
v.
SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES,
Respondent.
Leigh Finfer, Muller Brazil, LLP, Dresher, PA, for Petitioner.
Alec Saxe, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
RULING ON ENTITLEMENT1
On April 20, 2023, Patricia Cressman 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”) as a result of an influenza vaccine administered on October 15,
2020. Petition at 1. Petitioner further alleges the vaccine was administered within the
United States, that she suffered the effects of her injury for more than six months, and
that there has been no award or settlement on her behalf as a result of her injury. Petition
at 1, 3. The case was assigned to the Special Processing Unit of the Office of Special
Masters.
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-00552-UNJ Document 39 Filed 02/06/26 Page 2 of 2
On December 18, 2025, 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. Specifically, Respondent has concluded that Petitioner’s injury is consistent
with a SIRVA as defined by the Vaccine Injury Table. Id. at 7. Respondent further agrees
that Petitioner has satisfied all legal prerequisites for compensation under the Vaccine
Act. Id. at 8.
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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