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

Stephanie Galindo 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 vaccine in her left arm on September 28, 2021. She further alleged that the residual effects of her injury lasted for more than six months.

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

Galindo a lump sum of $65,000.00. 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, and the parties agreed to settle the issues of liability and damages.