VICP Registry Case Source Bundle
Canonical URL: https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-00037
Package ID: USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-00037
Petitioner: Barry Cohen
Filed: 2025-01-10
Decided: 2026-01-13
Vaccine: influenza
Vaccination date: 2023-12-10
Condition: Guillain-Barre syndrome
Outcome: entitlement_granted_pending_damages
Award amount USD: 

AI-assisted case summary:
On January 10, 2025, Barry Cohen filed a petition alleging that an influenza vaccine administered on December 10, 2023 caused Guillain-Barre syndrome.

Respondent conceded entitlement, agreeing that the record supported compensation for a Table GBS injury. The public entitlement ruling is brief and does not describe Mr. Cohen's first neurologic symptom, diagnostic testing, hospitalization, treatment, rehabilitation, or residual deficits.

On January 13, 2026, Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran found Mr. Cohen entitled to compensation. Damages remained pending.

Theory of causation field:
Influenza vaccine December 10, 2023 causing Table GBS; adult, exact age not stated. ENTITLEMENT CONCEDED; damages pending. Public ruling lacks neurologic chronology. Chief SM Brian H. Corcoran; petition January 10, 2025; entitlement January 13, 2026.

Public staged source text:

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DOCUMENT 1: USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-00037-0
Date issued/filed: 2026-02-13
Pages: 2
Docket text: PUBLIC ORDER/RULING (Originally filed: 01/13/2026) regarding 32 Ruling on Entitlement. Signed by Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran. (cr) Service on parties made.
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Case 1:25-vv-00037-UNJ Document 34 Filed 02/13/26 Page 1 of 2
In the United States Court of Federal Claims
OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS
No. 25-0037V
BARRY COHEN, Chief Special Master Corcoran
Petitioner, Filed: January 13, 2026
v.
SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES,
Respondent.
Isaiah Richard Kalinowski, Bosson Legal Group, Fairfax, VA, for Petitioner.
Eleanor Hanson, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
RULING ON ENTITLEMENT1
On January 10, 2025, Barry Cohen filed a petition for compensation under the
National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, 42 U.S.C. §300aa-10, et seq.2 (the
“Vaccine Act”), which he amended on July 9, 2025. Petitioner alleges that he suffered
Guillain-Barré syndrome (“GBS”) resulting from an influenza (“flu”) vaccine received on
December 10, 2023. Amended Petition at 1-12. Petitioner further alleges that the vaccine
was administered in the United States, his injuries persisted for more than six months,
and neither Petitioner, nor any other party, has ever brought an action, or received
compensation in the form of an award or settlement, for Petitioner’s vaccine-related
injuries. Amended Petition at ¶¶ 5, 33, 38, 39. 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 1:25-vv-00037-UNJ Document 34 Filed 02/13/26 Page 2 of 2
On January 12, 2026, 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 has satisfied the criteria set forth in the
Vaccine Injury Table and Qualifications and Aids to Interpretation, which afford Petitioner
a presumption of causation if the onset of GBS occurs between three and forty-two days
after a seasonal flu vaccination and there is no apparent alternative cause. Id. at 4.
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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