{"package_id":"USCOURTS-cofc-1_23-vv-01825","decision_granule_id":"USCOURTS-cofc-1_23-vv-01825-0","petitioner_identifier":"Eric Romo","is_minor":null,"age_at_vaccination":null,"age_unit_raw":null,"vaccine_type":"influenza","vaccination_date":"2020-11-10","condition_raw":"Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS)","condition_category":"GBS","autism_spectrum_adjacent":0,"outcome":"entitlement_granted_pending_damages","award_amount_usd":null,"decision_date":"2024-10-15","extraction_version":"gemini-v2","extracted_at":"2026-04-30T05:30:08.758779+00:00","number_of_concurrent_vaccines":1,"dose_number":null,"time_to_onset_days":null,"theory_of_causation":"Influenza vaccine (November 10, 2020) causing Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS) as a Table injury; amended petition also alleged demyelinating injury and CIDP. ENTITLEMENT GRANTED, DAMAGES PENDING in available document. Respondent recommended compensation for flu/GBS only, specifically denying CIDP and denying that flu vaccine can cause CIDP. Key evidence cited by respondent: Table/QAI criteria satisfied, no alternate cause in medical records, severity requirement met. Special Master Thomas L. Gowen granted entitlement on October 15, 2024. Attorney: Joseph Pepper, Conway Homer, P.C., Boston, MA.","is_death":0,"date_of_death":null,"petition_filed_date":"2023-10-17","case_summary":"On October 17, 2023, Eric Romo filed a Vaccine Program petition after receiving an influenza vaccine on November 10, 2020. In an amended petition, he alleged a demyelinating injury, Guillain-Barre Syndrome, and chronic inflammatory demyelinating polyneuropathy following the flu vaccination.\n\nThe entitlement ruling focused on the Table GBS claim. Respondent filed a Rule 4(c) report on October 11, 2024 recommending compensation for Romo's GBS following the flu vaccine. Respondent specifically denied that Romo had CIDP and denied that the flu vaccine can cause CIDP, so the recommendation was limited to the flu/GBS Table injury. Respondent stated that Romo satisfied the Vaccine Injury Table and Qualifications and Aids to Interpretation for GBS, that the medical records did not show an alternate cause, and that the severity requirement was met.\n\nSpecial Master Thomas L. Gowen reviewed the record and, on October 15, 2024, found that Romo had established Table GBS and was entitled to compensation. The ruling did not award damages; it directed the case to proceed to the damages phase. Romo was represented by Joseph Pepper of Conway Homer, P.C.","is_minor_inferred":0,"is_pediatric_broad":0,"special_master":"Thomas L. Gowen","petitioner_identifier_original":null,"caption_petitioner_name":null,"petitioner_attorney_name":"Joseph Pepper","petitioner_attorney_firm":"Conway Homer, P.C.","petitioner_attorney_location":"Boston, MA","adjudicator_name":null,"caption_people_backfilled_at":null,"attorney_canonical_keys":"|joseph-pepper|","firm_canonical_key":"conway-homer","package_title":"ROMO v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","canonical_url":"https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_23-vv-01825","plain_text_url":"https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_23-vv-01825.txt","json_url":"https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_23-vv-01825.json","source_documents":[{"granule_id":"USCOURTS-cofc-1_23-vv-01825-0","title":"ROMO v. SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES","docket_text":"PUBLIC RULING (Originally filed: 10/15/2024) regarding 25 Ruling on Entitlement Signed by Special Master Thomas L. Gowen. (hs) Service on parties made.","date_issued":"2024-11-01","pdf_url":"https://api.govinfo.gov/packages/USCOURTS-cofc-1_23-vv-01825/granules/USCOURTS-cofc-1_23-vv-01825-0/pdf","pdf_bytes":223891,"triage_decision":"keep","triage_reason":"docketText matches keep keyword 'ruling on entitlement'","download_status":"ok","registry_pdf_url":"https://vicp-registry.org/pdf/USCOURTS-cofc-1_23-vv-01825/USCOURTS-cofc-1_23-vv-01825-0"},{"granule_id":"USCOURTS-cofc-1_23-vv-01825-cl-extra-10733824","title":"Romo v. Secretary of Health and Human Services","docket_text":"Supplementary opinion from CourtListener cluster 10267234","date_issued":"2024-11-01","pdf_url":null,"pdf_bytes":null,"triage_decision":"keep","triage_reason":"CL supplement: Romo v. Secretary of Health and Human Services","download_status":"ok","registry_pdf_url":"https://vicp-registry.org/pdf/USCOURTS-cofc-1_23-vv-01825/USCOURTS-cofc-1_23-vv-01825-cl-extra-10733824"}]}