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Respondent denied Table GBS, causation/significant aggravation, residual effects, and severity. Public text lacks neurologic chronology. Award $60,000. Chief SM Brian H. Corcoran; petition July 18, 2024; decision August 25, 2025.","is_death":0,"date_of_death":null,"petition_filed_date":"2024-07-18","case_summary":"On July 18, 2024, Donald Rader filed a petition alleging Guillain-Barre syndrome after receiving influenza and Tdap vaccines on October 31, 2022. He alleged that the flu vaccine caused GBS, or alternatively significantly aggravated a pre-existing unknown GBS condition.\n\nRespondent denied that Mr. Rader sustained a flu-GBS Table injury, denied that the vaccines caused or significantly aggravated GBS or residual effects, denied any other vaccine-caused condition, and denied that the residual effects lasted more than six months. 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