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Canonical URL: https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-00261
Package ID: USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-00261
Petitioner: Josh Cook
Filed: 2025-02-13
Decided: 2025-12-16
Vaccine: influenza
Vaccination date: 2022-10-25
Condition: shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA)
Outcome: entitlement_granted_pending_damages
Award amount USD: 

AI-assisted case summary:
On February 13, 2025, Josh Cook filed a petition alleging that an influenza vaccination administered on October 25, 2022 caused a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration. The public ruling identifies him as an adult but does not state an exact age.

Respondent conceded entitlement in a Rule 4(c) report filed December 15, 2025, agreeing that the alleged injury was consistent with Table SIRVA and that Mr. Cook had satisfied the legal prerequisites for compensation. Chief Special Master Corcoran granted entitlement on December 16, 2025. The public text does not describe onset, medical treatment, imaging, injections, physical therapy, or daily limitations. Damages remained pending in the reviewed public text.

Theory of causation field:
Adult petitioner; influenza vaccine October 25, 2022; Table SIRVA. ENTITLEMENT GRANTED, damages pending. Respondent conceded entitlement; public text lacks clinical chronology. Petition filed February 13, 2025; entitlement December 16, 2025.

Public staged source text:

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DOCUMENT 1: USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-00261-0
Date issued/filed: 2026-01-16
Pages: 2
Docket text: PUBLIC ORDER/RULING (Originally filed: 12/16/2025) regarding 26 Ruling on Entitlement Signed by Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran. (ppa) Service on parties made.
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Case 1:25-vv-00261-UNJ Document 27 Filed 01/16/26 Page 1 of 2
In the United States Court of Federal Claims
OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS
No. 25-0261V
JOSH COOK, Chief Special Master Corcoran
Petitioner,
v. Filed: December 16, 2025
SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES,
Respondent.
Bridget Candace McCullough, Muller Brazil, LLP, Dresher, PA, for Petitioner.
Alexa Roggenkamp, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
RULING ON ENTITLEMENT1
On February 13, 2025, Josh Cook filed a petition for compensation under the
National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, 42 U.S.C. § 300aa-10, et seq.2 (the
“Vaccine Act”), alleging that he suffered a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration
(“SIRVA”), as defined in the Vaccine Injury Table, 42 C.F.R. § 100.3, as the result of an
influenza (“flu”) vaccination received on October 25, 2022. Petition at 1. The case was
assigned to the Special Processing Unit of the Office of Special Masters.
On December 15, 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. Id. at 4 (citing 42 C.F.R. §§ 100.3(a),
(c)(10)). Respondent further agrees that Petitioner has satisfied all legal prerequisites for
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-00261-UNJ Document 27 Filed 01/16/26 Page 2 of 2
compensation under the Vaccine Act. Id. at 4-5 (citing Section 13(a)(1)(B); Section
11(c)(1)(D)(i)).
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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