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Canonical URL: https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_24-vv-00971
Package ID: USCOURTS-cofc-1_24-vv-00971
Petitioner: Sheena Fluker
Filed: 2024-06-25
Decided: 2025-10-21
Vaccine: influenza
Vaccination date: 2021-12-28
Condition: shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA)
Outcome: entitlement_granted_pending_damages
Award amount USD: 

AI-assisted case summary:
On June 25, 2024, Sheena Fluker filed a petition alleging that an influenza vaccination on December 28, 2021 caused shoulder injuries and residual effects lasting more than six months. The public entitlement ruling is brief and does not describe the exact onset of pain, treatment course, imaging, or functional impact.

Respondent filed a Rule 4(c) report on October 15, 2025 conceding entitlement. Respondent stated that Ms. Fluker developed a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration as defined by the Vaccine Injury Table and did not dispute that she satisfied the legal prerequisites for compensation.

On October 21, 2025, Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran granted entitlement. The case remains pending for damages, and no compensation amount is awarded in the public ruling.

Theory of causation field:
Influenza vaccine, December 28, 2021, alleged SIRVA. ENTITLEMENT GRANTED; DAMAGES PENDING. Respondent conceded in an October 15, 2025 Rule 4(c) report that Ms. Fluker developed SIRVA as defined by the Vaccine Injury Table and met all legal prerequisites. Chief Special Master Corcoran granted entitlement October 21, 2025. The public ruling contains no detailed clinical timeline or damages award.

Public staged source text:

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DOCUMENT 1: USCOURTS-cofc-1_24-vv-00971-0
Date issued/filed: 2025-11-24
Pages: 2
Docket text: PUBLIC ORDER/RULING (Originally filed: 10/21/2025) regarding 39 Ruling on Entitlement ( Signed by Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran. )(mpj) Service on parties made.
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Case 1:24-vv-00971-UNJ Document 41 Filed 11/24/25 Page 1 of 2
In the United States Court of Federal Claims
OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS
No. 24-971V
SHEENA FLUKER, Chief Special Master Corcoran
Petitioner, Filed: October 21, 2025
v.
SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES,
Respondent.
Furonda Brasfield, The Law Office of Furonda Brasfield, PLLC, Stuttgart, AR, for
Petitioner.
Jamica Marie Littles, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
RULING ON ENTITLEMENT1
On June 25, 2024, Sheena Fluker (“Petitioner”) 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 from various shoulder injuries as
a result of receiving an influenza (“flu”) vaccination on December 28, 2021. Pet., ECF No.
1. Petitioner further alleges that she suffered the residual effects of her injury for more
than six months. Id. The case was assigned to the Special Processing Unit of the Office
of Special Masters.
On October 15, 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 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-00971-UNJ Document 41 Filed 11/24/25 Page 2 of 2
1, ECF No. 37. Specifically, Respondent indicated that “[P]etitioner developed a shoulder
injury related to vaccine administration (“SIRVA”) as defined by the Vaccine Injury Table.”
Id. at 7. Respondent does not dispute that Petitioner “has satisfied all legal prerequisites
for compensation under the Act.” Id.
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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