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Canonical URL: https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_24-vv-00732
Package ID: USCOURTS-cofc-1_24-vv-00732
Petitioner: Aimee Alvarez
Filed: 2025-05-15
Decided: 2025-06-30
Vaccine: Tdap
Vaccination date: 2022-02-10
Condition: shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA)
Outcome: entitlement_granted_pending_damages
Award amount USD: 

AI-assisted case summary:
Aimee Alvarez filed a petition for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program on May 15, 2025, alleging she suffered a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) after receiving a Tetanus-diphtheria-acellular pertussis (Tdap) vaccination on February 10, 2022. The respondent, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, filed a Rule 4(c) report conceding that the petitioner is entitled to compensation. The respondent noted that the petitioner had no prior history of left shoulder issues, experienced pain within 48 hours of vaccination, and that the pain and reduced range of motion were limited to her left shoulder. The respondent also stated that no other condition was identified to explain the pain and that the residual effects lasted more than six months. Based on the respondent's concession and the evidence of record, Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran found the petitioner entitled to compensation. The case is proceeding to the damages phase. Petitioner counsel was Ronald C. Homer. Respondent counsel was Zoe Wade.

Theory of causation field:
Petitioner Aimee Alvarez received a Tdap vaccination on February 10, 2022. She alleged a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA). The respondent conceded entitlement, noting no prior left shoulder issues, onset of pain within 48 hours of vaccination, pain and reduced range of motion limited to the left shoulder, no other identified condition explaining the pain, and residual effects lasting more than six months. The Special Master found entitlement based on the concession and evidence. The theory of causation falls under the Vaccine Injury Table. Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran issued the ruling on June 30, 2025. Petitioner counsel was Ronald C. Homer, and respondent counsel was Zoe Wade.

Public staged source text:

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DOCUMENT 1: USCOURTS-cofc-1_24-vv-00732-0
Date issued/filed: 2025-06-30
Pages: 2
Docket text: PUBLIC ORDER/RULING (Originally filed: 05/15/2025) regarding 25 Ruling on Entitlement ( Signed by Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran. )(mpj) Service on parties made.
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Case 1:24-vv-00732-UNJ Document 31 Filed 06/30/25 Page 1 of 2
In the United States Court of Federal Claims
OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS
No. 24-732V
AIMEE ALVAREZ, Chief Special Master Corcoran
Petitioner, Filed: May 15, 2025
v.
SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES,
Respondent.
Ronald C. Homer, Conway, Homer, P.C., Boston, MA, for Petitioner.
Zoe Wade, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
RULING ON ENTITLEMENT1
On May 9, 2024, Aimee Alvarez filed a petition for compensation under the
National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, 42 U.S.C. §300aa-10, et seq.2 (the
“Vaccine Act”). Petitioner alleges that she suffered a shoulder injury related to vaccine
administration (“SIRVA”) after receiving a Tetanus-diphtheria-acellular pertussis (“Tdap”)
vaccination on February 10, 2022. Petition at 1. The case was assigned to the Special
Processing Unit of the Office of Special Masters.
On May 2, 2025, Respondent filed his Rule 4(c) report in which he concedes that
Petitioner is entitled to compensation in this case. Respondent’s Rule 4(c) Report at 1.
Specifically, Respondent states that Petitioner had no history of pain, inflammation, or
1 Because this Ruling contains a reasoned explanation for the action taken in this case, it must be made
publicly accessible and will be posted on the United States Court of Federal Claims' website, and/or
at https://www.govinfo.gov/app/collection/uscourts/national/cofc, in accordance with the E-Government
Act of 2002. 44 U.S.C. § 3501 note (2018) (Federal Management and Promotion of Electronic Government
Services). This means the Ruling will be available to anyone with access to the internet. In accordance
with Vaccine Rule 18(b), Petitioner has 14 days to identify and move to redact medical or other information,
the disclosure of which would constitute an unwarranted invasion of privacy. If, upon review, I agree that
the identified material fits within this definition, I will redact such material from public access.
2 National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986, Pub. L. No. 99-660, 100 Stat. 3755. Hereinafter, for ease
of citation, all section references to the Vaccine Act will be to the pertinent subparagraph of 42 U.S.C. §
300aa (2018).

Case 1:24-vv-00732-UNJ Document 31 Filed 06/30/25 Page 2 of 2
dysfunction of her left shoulder prior to vaccination; pain occurred within 48 hours of
vaccination, pain and reduced range of motion was limited to Petitioner’s left shoulder,
that no other condition or abnormality has been identified to explain Petitioner’s shoulder
pain, and that Petitioner suffered the residual effects of her condition for more than six
months. Id. at 6-7.
In view of Respondent’s position and the evidence of record, I find that
Petitioner is entitled to compensation.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
s/Brian H. Corcoran
Brian H. Corcoran
Chief Special Master
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