Stepfanie Allstead v. HHS - Tdap, shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) (2025)

Stepfanie Allstead filed a petition for vaccine compensation on February 24, 2025, alleging that she suffered a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) resulting from a Tdap vaccine received on March 17, 2023. She stated that the vaccine was administered in the United States, her SIRVA lasted for more than six months, and she had not filed any other action or received compensation for this injury.

Respondent denied that petitioner sustained a SIRVA Table injury, denied that the vaccine caused her alleged shoulder injury or any other injury, and denied that her current condition was a sequela of a vaccine-related injury. Despite these denials, the parties filed a joint stipulation agreeing that a decision should be entered awarding compensation.

Chief Special Master Corcoran adopted the stipulation as the decision awarding damages. The court awarded Stepfanie Allstead a lump sum of $65,000.00, representing compensation for all items of damages available under Section 15(a).

This amount was to be paid through an ACH deposit to Petitioner's counsel's IOLTA account for prompt disbursement to Petitioner. The case was resolved via stipulation, with the parties agreeing to settle the issues between them.