Kaye L. Aston v. HHS - Influenza, shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) (2025)

Kaye L. Aston filed a petition for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, alleging she suffered a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) after receiving an influenza vaccination on November 3, 2022.

She further alleged that she experienced the residual effects of this injury for more than six months. The respondent, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, denied that Ms.

Aston sustained a SIRVA Table injury, denied that the vaccine caused her alleged shoulder injury or any other injury, and denied that her current condition is a sequela of a vaccine-related injury. Despite these denials, the parties filed a joint stipulation agreeing that the case should be settled and that compensation should be awarded.

The court adopted the stipulation as its decision, awarding Ms. Aston a lump sum of $12,000.00.

This amount represents compensation for all items of damages available under the Vaccine Act. The case proceeded as a Table claim, and the award was made pursuant to a stipulation of settlement.