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

Khoa Nguyen filed a petition for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program on August 4, 2025, alleging a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) from an influenza vaccine received on January 31, 2024. Mr.

Nguyen also alleged that he suffered residual effects of the injury for more than six months. The respondent, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, denied that the flu vaccine caused Mr.

Nguyen's alleged SIRVA or its residual effects, and denied that the injury met the Table requirements or that the vaccine caused any other injury. Despite these denials, the parties filed a joint stipulation on August 4, 2025, agreeing that compensation should be awarded.

Chief Special Master Corcoran found the stipulation reasonable and adopted it as the decision awarding damages. Mr.

Nguyen was awarded a lump sum of $34,906.16, representing compensation for all items of damages available under Section 15(a) of the Vaccine Act. This amount was to be paid through an ACH deposit to Petitioner's counsel's IOLTA account for prompt disbursement to Mr.

Nguyen.