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Award $172,500 pain/suffering + $743.09 expenses = $173,243.09. Chief SM Brian H. Corcoran; petition December 18, 2024; entitlement July 9, 2025; damages December 3, 2025.","is_death":0,"date_of_death":null,"petition_filed_date":"2024-12-18","case_summary":"On December 18, 2024, James Bland, III filed a petition alleging that an influenza vaccine administered on January 28, 2022 caused Guillain-Barre syndrome.\n\nRespondent conceded entitlement in a Rule 4(c) report, agreeing that Mr. Bland's GBS developed within the Table timeframe after influenza vaccination. The proffer also noted that Mr. Bland received COVID-19 vaccinations on February 1 and February 22, 2022, but respondent nonetheless treated the flu/GBS claim as appropriate for compensation. The public documents do not describe the first neurologic symptoms, diagnostic testing, hospitalization, IVIG or plasma exchange, rehabilitation, or residual deficits.\n\nChief Special Master Brian H. 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