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Canonical URL: https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-00033
Package ID: USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-00033
Petitioner: Gary Jansen
Filed: 2025-08-05
Decided: 2025-09-04
Vaccine: influenza
Vaccination date: 2023-10-11
Condition: Guillain-Barré Syndrome
Outcome: entitlement_granted_pending_damages
Award amount USD: 

AI-assisted case summary:
Gary Jansen filed a petition for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, alleging that he suffered Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS) after receiving an influenza vaccine on October 11, 2023. He stated that he received the vaccine in the United States, continues to suffer residual effects from his GBS more than six months post-vaccination, and has not filed a civil action or received compensation for this illness. The respondent, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, filed a Rule 4(c) Report conceding that Mr. Jansen is entitled to compensation. The respondent believes that Mr. Jansen satisfied the criteria set forth in the Vaccine Injury Table and the Qualifications and Aids to Interpretation, which afford him a presumption of causation. Based on the respondent's position and the evidence of record, the Chief Special Master found that Mr. Jansen is entitled to compensation. The case is proceeding to determine the award amount.

Theory of causation field:
Table

Public staged source text:

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DOCUMENT 1: USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-00033-0
Date issued/filed: 2025-09-04
Pages: 2
Docket text: PUBLIC ORDER/RULING (Originally filed: 08/05/2025) regarding 20 Ruling on Entitlement. Signed by Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran. (cr) Service on parties made.
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Case 1:25-vv-00033-UNJ Document 22 Filed 09/04/25 Page 1 of 2
In the United States Court of Federal Claims
OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS
No. 25-0033V
GARY JANSEN,
Chief Special Master Corcoran
Petitioner,
v. Filed: August 5, 2025
SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES,
Respondent.
John Robert Howie, Howie Law, PC, Dallas, TX, for Petitioner.
Benjamin Patrick Warder, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for
Respondent.
RULING ON ENTITLEMENT1
On January 10, 2025, Gary Jansen 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 he suffered Guillain-Barré Syndrome (“GBS”), a
defined Table injury, after receiving an influenza (“flu”) vaccine on October 11, 2023.
Petition at 1 ¶¶ 1, 42. Petitioner also alleged that he received the flu vaccine within the
United States, that he continues to suffer the residual effects of his GBS more than six
months post-vaccination, and that neither he nor any other party has filed a civil action or
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 1:25-vv-00033-UNJ Document 22 Filed 09/04/25 Page 2 of 2
received compensation for his GBS illness, alleged as vaccine-related. Id. at ¶¶ 1, 40-41.
The case was assigned to the Special Processing Unit of the Office of Special Masters.
On July 30, 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 believes “that [P]etitioner has satisfied the criteria set forth in
the Vaccine Injury Table and the Qualifications and Aids to Interpretation, which afford
[P]etitioner a presumption of causation.” Id. at 8.
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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