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Canonical URL: https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-00215
Package ID: USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-00215
Petitioner: Maria Del Rosario Mansilla Rojas
Filed: 2025-02-05
Decided: 2025-09-08
Vaccine: influenza
Vaccination date: 2023-10-11
Condition: left shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA)
Outcome: entitlement granted
Award amount USD: 

AI-assisted case summary:
On February 5, 2025, Maria Del Rosario Mansilla Rojas filed a petition seeking compensation for a left shoulder injury related to vaccine administration after receiving an influenza vaccination on October 11, 2023.

The public entitlement decision is brief because the Secretary filed a Rule 4(c) report conceding that Ms. Mansilla Rojas satisfied the Table SIRVA requirements. Respondent agreed that she had no history of left shoulder pain, inflammation, or dysfunction before vaccination; that shoulder pain began within 48 hours; that her pain and reduced range of motion were limited to the vaccinated shoulder; that no other condition explained the symptoms; and that the residual effects lasted for more than six months.

On September 8, 2025, Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran found Ms. Mansilla Rojas entitled to compensation. The decision resolved entitlement only, so damages remained to be determined. She was represented by Jeffrey S. Pop of Beverly Hills, California.

Theory of causation field:
Influenza vaccine, October 11, 2023, adult exact age not stated, causing left shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA). ENTITLEMENT GRANTED by Rule 4(c) concession; damages pending. Respondent conceded no prior left shoulder condition, onset of pain within 48 hours, symptoms limited to the vaccinated shoulder, no other condition or abnormality explaining the presentation, and residual effects lasting more than six months. Chief Special Master Corcoran, September 8, 2025. Attorney Jeffrey S. Pop, Beverly Hills, California.

Public staged source text:

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DOCUMENT 1: USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-00215-0
Date issued/filed: 2025-10-09
Pages: 2
Docket text: PUBLIC ORDER/RULING (Originally filed: 09/08/2025) regarding 19 Ruling on Entitlement. Signed by Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran. (cr) Service on parties made.
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Case 1:25-vv-00215-UNJ Document 24 Filed 10/09/25 Page 1 of 2
In the United States Court of Federal Claims
OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS
No. 25-0215V
MARIA DEL ROSARIO MANSILLA Chief Special Master Corcoran
ROJAS,
Filed: September 8, 2025
Petitioner,
v.
SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES,
Respondent.
Jeffrey S. Pop, Jeffrey S. Pop & Associates, Beverly Hills, CA, for Petitioner.
Rochelle Ilana Gillenson, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
RULING ON ENTITLEMENT1
On February 5, 2025, Maria Del Rosario Mansilla Rojas 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 that she suffered a
shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (“SIRVA”) resulting from an influenza
vaccine received on October 11, 2023. Petition at 1. Petitioner further alleges that the
vaccine was administered in the United States, she has suffered adverse effects of her
injuries for more than six months, and she has not filed a civil action or received
compensation in the form of an award or civil settlement for her vaccine-related injury.
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-00215-UNJ Document 24 Filed 10/09/25 Page 2 of 2
Petition at ¶¶ 5, 33, 35. The case was assigned to the Special Processing Unit of the
Office of Special Masters.
On September 5, 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; 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
9. Respondent further agrees that the record indicates that Petitioner suffered the residual
effects of her condition for more than six months and has satisfied all legal prerequisites
for compensation under the Vaccine 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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