VICP Registry Case Source Bundle
Canonical URL: https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-00375
Package ID: USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-00375
Petitioner: Leslie Brinkman Greer
Filed: 2025-03-03
Decided: 2025-10-29
Vaccine: influenza
Vaccination date: 2023-10-30
Condition: Guillain-Barre syndrome (GBS)
Outcome: entitlement_granted_pending_damages
Award amount USD: 

AI-assisted case summary:
On March 3, 2025, Leslie Brinkman Greer filed a petition alleging that an influenza vaccine administered on October 30, 2023 caused Guillain-Barre syndrome. The public ruling identifies her as an adult petitioner but does not state her exact age.

Respondent conceded entitlement in a Rule 4(c) report, agreeing that the record established Table GBS because onset occurred within the 3-to-42-day period after vaccination and no apparent alternative cause was identified. The public ruling does not describe her first neurologic symptoms, hospitalization, testing, treatment, or residual deficits.

On October 29, 2025, Chief Special Master Corcoran found Ms. Greer entitled to compensation. Damages remained to be determined.

Theory of causation field:
Adult petitioner; influenza vaccine October 30, 2023; Table GBS. ENTITLEMENT GRANTED, DAMAGES PENDING. Respondent conceded onset within 3-42 days and no apparent alternative cause. Public entitlement ruling lacks clinical timeline/treatment details. CSM Corcoran October 29, 2025. Petition filed March 3, 2025.

Public staged source text:

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DOCUMENT 1: USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-00375-0
Date issued/filed: 2025-12-02
Pages: 2
Docket text: PUBLIC ORDER/RULING (Originally filed: 10/29/2025) regarding 21 Ruling on Entitlement Signed by Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran. (ppa) Service on parties made.
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Case 1:25-vv-00375-UNJ Document 25 Filed 12/02/25 Page 1 of 2
In the United States Court of Federal Claims
OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS
No. 25-0375V
LESLIE BRINKMAN GREER, Chief Special Master Corcoran
Petitioner, Filed: October 29, 2025
v.
SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES,
Respondent.
Ronald Craig Homer, Conway, Homer, P.C., Boston, MA, for Petitioner.
Mary Novakovic, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
RULING ON ENTITLEMENT1
On March 3, 2025, Leslie Brinkman Greer 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 from Guillain-Barre Syndrome (“GBS”)
following an influenza vaccination she received on October 30, 2023. Petition at 1.
Petitioner further alleges that she “suffered the residual effects of her injury for more than
six months.” Amended Petition at ¶ 24. The case was assigned to the Special Processing
Unit of the Office of Special Masters.
On October 22, 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. Respondent states that “Petitioner has satisfied the criteria set forth in the Vaccine
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-00375-UNJ Document 25 Filed 12/02/25 Page 2 of 2
Injury Table and Qualifications and Aids to Interpretation (“QAI”), 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 6.
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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