Rlanda Bellamy v. HHS - Influenza, shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) (2025)

Rlanda Bellamy filed a petition for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, alleging that she suffered a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) after receiving an influenza vaccine on October 22, 2022. She further alleged that her injury lasted for more than six months.

The respondent, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, denied that Ms. Bellamy sustained a SIRVA Table injury, denied that the flu 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 the case should be settled and that compensation should be awarded. The court adopted the stipulation as its decision, awarding Ms.

Bellamy a lump sum of $49,500.00. This amount represents compensation for all items of damages available under Section 15(a) of the Vaccine Act.

The case proceeded as a Table claim, as SIRVA is listed on the Vaccine Injury Table. The stipulation was signed by Rlanda Bellamy and her counsel, as well as counsel for the respondent.