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

Nicole Betts filed a petition for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, alleging she suffered a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) from an influenza vaccine received on December 9, 2021. She also received a COVID-19 vaccine on the same day.

Ms. Betts claimed she suffered residual effects of the SIRVA for more than six months.

The respondent, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, denied that the flu vaccine caused her alleged SIRVA or any other injury. Despite this denial, the parties filed a joint stipulation agreeing that compensation should be awarded.

The court found the stipulation reasonable and adopted it as its decision. Ms.

Betts was awarded a lump sum of $44,366.44, representing compensation for all items of damages available under the program. The decision was entered on September 24, 2024, following the petition filed on August 6, 2024.