VICP Registry Case Source Bundle
Canonical URL: https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-00046
Package ID: USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-00046
Petitioner: Heidi Prudente
Filed: 2025-01-10
Decided: 2025-09-11
Vaccine: influenza
Vaccination date: 2023-09-17
Condition: shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA)
Outcome: entitlement granted
Award amount USD: 

AI-assisted case summary:
On January 10, 2025, Heidi Prudente filed a petition alleging that an influenza vaccination administered on September 17, 2023, caused a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration.

Respondent conceded entitlement, stating that Ms. Prudente suffered a Table SIRVA and satisfied the legal prerequisites for compensation. The public entitlement decision does not provide a detailed account of onset, medical care, imaging, injections, therapy, or residual limitations.

On September 11, 2025, Chief Special Master Corcoran found Ms. Prudente entitled to compensation. Damages remained pending. Ms. Prudente was represented by Bridget McCullough.

Theory of causation field:
Influenza vaccine, September 17, 2023, adult exact age not stated, alleged SIRVA. ENTITLEMENT CONCEDED; damages pending. Respondent conceded petitioner suffered a Table SIRVA and satisfied the legal prerequisites for compensation. Public concession decision does not provide detailed onset, imaging, therapy, or functional-loss facts. Chief Special Master Corcoran, September 11, 2025. Attorney Bridget McCullough.

Public staged source text:

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DOCUMENT 1: USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-00046-0
Date issued/filed: 2025-10-15
Pages: 2
Docket text: PUBLIC ORDER/RULING (Originally filed: 09/11/2025) regarding 23 Ruling on Entitlement. Signed by Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran. (cr) Service on parties made.
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Case 1:25-vv-00046-UNJ Document 25 Filed 10/15/25 Page 1 of 2
In the United States Court of Federal Claims
OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS
No. 25-0046V
HEIDI PRUDENTE,
Chief Special Master Corcoran
Petitioner,
v. Filed: September 11, 2025
SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES,
Respondent.
Bridget Candace McCullough, Muller Brazil, LLP, Dresher, PA, for Petitioner.
Dima Jawad Atiya, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent
RULING ON ENTITLEMENT1
On January 10, 2025, Heidi Prudente 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 she suffered a shoulder injury related to vaccine
administration (“SIRVA”), a defined Table injury, after receiving an influenza (“flu”)
vaccine on September 17, 2023. Petition at 1, ¶¶ 2, 9. Petitioner also alleged that she
received the vaccine within the United States, that she suffered the residual effects of her
SIRVA for more than six months and that neither she nor any other party has filed a civil
action or received compensation for her SIRVA, alleged as vaccine caused. Id. at ¶¶ 10-
12. 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-00046-UNJ Document 25 Filed 10/15/25 Page 2 of 2
On September 11, 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 “has concluded that [P]etitioner’s alleged injury is
consistent with SIRVA as defined by the Vaccine Injury Table.” Id. at 4. Respondent
further agrees that based on the record as it now stands, [P]etitioner 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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