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Canonical URL: https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_24-vv-02150
Package ID: USCOURTS-cofc-1_24-vv-02150
Petitioner: Angela Flint
Filed: 2025-07-24
Decided: 2025-08-26
Vaccine: influenza
Vaccination date: 2023-10-17
Condition: shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA)
Outcome: entitlement_granted_pending_damages
Award amount USD: 

AI-assisted case summary:
Angela Flint filed a petition for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program on July 24, 2025, alleging that she suffered a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) resulting from an influenza vaccine received on October 17, 2023. She claimed residual effects of her injury for more than six months. The respondent, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, filed a Rule 4(c) report conceding that Ms. Flint is entitled to compensation. The respondent agreed that her injury was consistent with SIRVA as defined by the Vaccine Injury Table, noting that she had no prior shoulder issues, the pain occurred within 48 hours of vaccination, and the pain and reduced range of motion were limited to the injection shoulder. The respondent also agreed that Ms. Flint suffered residual effects for more than six months and met all legal prerequisites for compensation. Based on the respondent's concession and the evidence, the Chief Special Master granted entitlement to compensation, with damages to be determined later.

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Public staged source text:

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DOCUMENT 1: USCOURTS-cofc-1_24-vv-02150-0
Date issued/filed: 2025-08-26
Pages: 2
Docket text: PUBLIC ORDER/RULING (Originally filed: 07/24/2025 ) regarding 15 Ruling on Entitlement Signed by Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran. (nh) Service on parties made.
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Case 1:24-vv-02150-UNJ Document 18 Filed 08/26/25 Page 1 of 2
In the United States Court of Federal Claims
OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS
No. 24-2150V
ANGELA FLINT, Chief Special Master Corcoran
Petitioner, Filed: July 24, 2025
v.
SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES,
Respondent.
Leah VaSahnja Durant, Law Offices of Leah V. Durant, PLLC, Washington, DC, for
Petitioner.
Emily Hanson, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
RULING ON ENTITLEMENT1
On December 30, 2024, Angela Flint 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 a shoulder injury related to vaccine
administration (“SIRVA”) resulting from an influenza vaccine received on October 17,
2023. Petition at 1. Petitioner further alleges that she experienced residual effects of her
injury for more than six months and that neither Petitioner, nor any other party, has
received compensation in the form of an award or settlement for her vaccine-related
injury. Petition at ¶¶ 12, 15, 17. 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).

Case 1:24-vv-02150-UNJ Document 18 Filed 08/26/25 Page 2 of 2
On July 24, 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 agrees that Petitioner’s alleged injury is consistent with SIRVA
as defined by the Vaccine Injury Table in that “petitioner had no history of pain,
inflammation, or dysfunction of her left shoulder prior to vaccination that would explain
the alleged signs and symptoms; pain occurred within forty-eight hours after receipt of an
intramuscular vaccination; pain and reduced range of motion [were] limited to the
shoulder in which the vaccine was administered; and no other condition or abnormality
has been identified to explain petitioner’s shoulder pain.” Id. at 4. Respondent further
agrees that the records demonstrate that Petitioner suffered the residual effects of her
condition for more than six months, and 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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