VICP Registry Case Source Bundle Canonical URL: https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_24-vv-01857 Package ID: USCOURTS-cofc-1_24-vv-01857 Petitioner: Beth D. Bajus Filed: 2024-11-12 Decided: 2025-12-18 Vaccine: influenza Vaccination date: 2021-11-12 Condition: shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) Outcome: entitlement_granted_pending_damages Award amount USD: AI-assisted case summary: On November 12, 2024, Beth D. Bajus filed a petition alleging that an influenza vaccine administered on November 12, 2021 caused a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration. Respondent conceded entitlement in a Rule 4(c) report filed December 16, 2025, agreeing that Ms. Bajus's alleged injury was consistent with SIRVA as defined by the Vaccine Injury Table and that the legal prerequisites for compensation were satisfied. The short public ruling does not describe the first symptom, treatment history, imaging, therapy, injections, or daily limitations. On December 18, 2025, Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran found Ms. Bajus entitled to compensation. Damages remained pending. Theory of causation field: Influenza vaccine November 12, 2021 causing Table SIRVA; adult, exact age not stated. ENTITLEMENT CONCEDED; damages pending. Public ruling lacks clinical chronology. Chief SM Brian H. Corcoran; petition November 12, 2024; decision December 18, 2025. Public staged source text: ================================================================================ DOCUMENT 1: USCOURTS-cofc-1_24-vv-01857-0 Date issued/filed: 2026-01-22 Pages: 2 Docket text: PUBLIC ORDER/RULING (Originally filed: 12/18/2025) regarding 22 Ruling on Entitlement ( Signed by Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran. )(mpj) Service on parties made. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Case 1:24-vv-01857-UNJ Document 24 Filed 01/22/26 Page 1 of 2 In the United States Court of Federal Claims OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS No. 24-1857V BETH D. BAJUS, Chief Special Master Corcoran Petitioner, v. Filed: December 18, 2025 SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Respondent. Braden Andrew Blumenstiel, The Law Office of DuPont & Blumenstiel, Dublin, OH, for Petitioner. Alexa Roggenkamp, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent RULING ON ENTITLEMENT1 On November 12, 2024, Beth D. Bajus 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 alleged that she suffered a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (“SIRVA”), a defined Table injury, after receiving an influenza (“flu”) vaccine on November 12, 2021. Petition at 1, ¶¶ 4, 11-13. Petitioner also alleged that she received the vaccine within the United States and continued to suffer the residual effects of her SIRVA more than three years post-vaccination. Id. at ¶¶ 4, 9. The case was assigned to the Special Processing Unit of the Office of Special Masters. (cid:3) 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-01857-UNJ Document 24 Filed 01/22/26 Page 2 of 2 On December 16, 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 “has concluded that [P]etitioner’s alleged injury is consistent with SIRVA as defined by the Vaccine Injury Table.” Id. at 4. Respondent further agrees that based on the record as it now stands, [P]etitioner has satisfied all legal prerequisites for compensation under the Act.” Id. at 5. 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 2(cid:3) (cid:3) ================================================================================ DOCUMENT 2: USCOURTS-cofc-1_24-vv-01857-cl-extra-11244655 Date issued/filed: 2026-01-22 Pages: 1 Docket text: Supplementary opinion from CourtListener cluster 10778055 -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- In the United States Court of Federal Claims OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS No. 24-1857V BETH D. BAJUS, Chief Special Master Corcoran Petitioner, v. Filed: December 18, 2025 SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES, Respondent. Braden Andrew Blumenstiel, The Law Office of DuPont & Blumenstiel, Dublin, OH, for Petitioner. Alexa Roggenkamp, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent RULING ON ENTITLEMENT1 On November 12, 2024, Beth D. Bajus 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 alleged that she suffered a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (“SIRVA”), a defined Table injury, after receiving an influenza (“flu”) vaccine on November 12, 2021. Petition at 1, ¶¶ 4, 11-13. Petitioner also alleged that she received the vaccine within the United States and continued to suffer the residual effects of her SIRVA more than three years post-vaccination. Id. at ¶¶ 4, 9. The case was assigned to the Special Processing Unit of the Office of Special Masters.  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). On December 16, 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 “has concluded that [P]etitioner’s alleged injury is consistent with SIRVA as defined by the Vaccine Injury Table.” Id. at 4. Respondent further agrees that based on the record as it now stands, [P]etitioner has satisfied all legal prerequisites for compensation under the Act.” Id. at 5. 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 2