Muskan Wadhwa v. HHS - Influenza, shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) (2024)

Muskan Wadhwa filed a petition for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program on December 12, 2023, alleging a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) after receiving influenza and Tdap vaccines on March 3, 2022. The respondent, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, denied that the vaccines caused the alleged shoulder injury or any other condition, and denied that Petitioner sustained a SIRVA Table injury.

The public decision does not describe the onset of symptoms, specific clinical details of the injury, diagnostic tests performed, or treatments received. The parties subsequently filed a joint stipulation agreeing that compensation should be awarded.

Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran found the stipulation reasonable and adopted it as the decision awarding damages.

Ms. Wadhwa was awarded a lump sum of $55,000.00, payable to Petitioner, representing compensation for all items of damages available under the program.

The decision directs the Clerk of Court to enter judgment in accordance with this award, unless a motion for review is filed.