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Oct. 2022 shoulder pain with overhead lifting/sleeping limitation; Nov. 2022 orthopedist found impingement likely bursitis from shot and gave steroid injection; Jan. 2023 improved; Feb./Mar. 2023 persistent pain, PT, pain 2-6/10. Respondent disputed six-month severity; SM Corcoran found severity barely met, then respondent conceded entitlement. Fact ruling Aug. 7, 2025; entitlement/damages Oct. 16, 2025. Award $46,010.00 pain/suffering + expenses. Petition filed Feb. 9, 2024.","is_death":0,"date_of_death":null,"petition_filed_date":"2024-02-09","case_summary":"On February 9, 2024, Barbara Miles filed a petition alleging that an influenza vaccination administered in her left deltoid on September 30, 2022 caused a Table shoulder injury related to vaccine administration. Respondent first disputed whether she met the Vaccine Act's six-month severity requirement.\n\nMs. Miles contacted her primary care provider about two weeks after vaccination with left-shoulder pain since the flu shot, pain with overhead lifting, inability to sleep on the left side, and little relief from Tylenol PM and heat. The same day she contacted the pharmacy, and on October 18 she again reported pain since the flu injection and asked about physical therapy or a cortisone shot. Orthopedic evaluation on November 9 recorded pain with external rotation, resisted forward flexion and abduction, normal strength, and positive impingement signs; the orthopedist thought the impingement was likely bursitis caused by the shot and gave a steroid injection. In January 2023, Ms. Miles reported improvement after the injection, but in February she requested MRI and PT because pain remained. At a March 7 PT evaluation, she reported immediate post-vaccination pain and inability to move her arm for a couple of weeks, current morning tightness, and pain ranging from 2/10 to 6/10. She later stopped PT, explaining in her affidavit that she had a poor experience and continued exercises at home.\n\nChief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran found on August 7, 2025 that Ms. Miles had barely established severity beyond six months. He credited the March 2023 PT record and discharge materials, along with her explanation for stopping formal therapy, while noting that the injury appeared mild and would warrant a modest award. Respondent then conceded entitlement, and entitlement was granted on October 16, 2025. The damages decision that same day awarded $46,010.00 for pain and suffering and past unreimbursable expenses as a lump sum through counsel's IOLTA account. 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