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Canonical URL: https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-00368
Package ID: USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-00368
Petitioner: JEANNETTE CARDONA
Filed: 2026-04-03
Decided: 2026-05-05
Vaccine: influenza
Vaccination date: 2022-09-28
Condition: shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA)
Outcome: entitlement_granted_pending_damages
Award amount USD: 

AI-assisted case summary:
Jeannette Cardona filed a petition for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program on April 3, 2026, alleging a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) from an influenza vaccine received on September 28, 2022. She stated the vaccine was administered in the United States and that she experienced residual effects for more than six months. Respondent filed a Rule 4(c) report on March 31, 2026, conceding that Petitioner is entitled to compensation. Respondent agreed that her injury was consistent with SIRVA, noting no prior shoulder issues, pain within forty-eight hours of vaccination, and limited pain to the vaccinated shoulder. Respondent also agreed that Petitioner suffered residual effects for more than six months and met all legal prerequisites for compensation. Based on Respondent's concession and the evidence, Chief Special Master Corcoran found Petitioner entitled to compensation, with damages to be determined.

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Public staged source text:

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DOCUMENT 1: USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-00368-0
Date issued/filed: 2026-05-05
Pages: 2
Docket text: PUBLIC ORDER/RULING (Originally filed: 04/03/2026) 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-00368-UNJ Document 32 Filed 05/05/26 Page 1 of 2
In the United States Court of Federal Claims
OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS
No. 25-0368V
JEANNETTE CARDONA, Chief Special Master Corcoran
Petitioner, Filed: April 3, 2026
v.
SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES,
Respondent.
Elizabeth Ellis Simek, Shannon Law Group, Woodridge, IL, for Petitioner.
Jamica Marie Littles, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
RULING ON ENTITLEMENT1
On March 3, 2025, Jeannette Cardona 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 she suffered a shoulder injury related to vaccine
administration (“SIRVA”) resulting from an influenza vaccine received on September 28,
2022. Petition at 1. Petitioner further alleges that the vaccine was administered in the
United States, she experienced residual effects of her injury for more than six months,
and neither Petitioner, nor any other party, has ever filed any action or resolved any claim
for damages, or received compensation in the form of an award or settlement, for her
vaccine-related injury. Petition at ¶¶ 2, 43, 46, 47. 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-00368-UNJ Document 32 Filed 05/05/26 Page 2 of 2
On March 31, 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’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 ROM
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 10.
Respondent further agrees that the medical records indicate 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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