VICP Registry Case Source Bundle
Canonical URL: https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-00459
Package ID: USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-00459
Petitioner: Frederick Woodard
Filed: 2025-03-12
Decided: 2025-09-25
Vaccine: influenza
Vaccination date: 2023-11-03
Condition: right shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA)
Outcome: entitlement_granted_pending_damages
Award amount USD: 

AI-assisted case summary:
On March 12, 2025, Frederick Woodard filed a petition alleging a right shoulder injury related to vaccine administration after an influenza vaccination on November 3, 2023.

Respondent conceded entitlement. The Rule 4(c) report stated that Mr. Woodard's alleged injury was consistent with a Table SIRVA: no prior right shoulder pain, inflammation, or dysfunction; pain within 48 hours of vaccination; symptoms limited to the vaccinated shoulder; no other condition explaining the symptoms; and residual effects lasting more than six months. The public ruling does not describe his treatment course, imaging, therapy, or daily limitations.

Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran granted entitlement on September 25, 2025. Damages remain pending. Mr. Woodard was represented by Paul R. Brazil of Muller Brazil, LLP.

Theory of causation field:
Influenza vaccine, November 3, 2023, adult inferred, alleged right SIRVA. ENTITLEMENT GRANTED; damages pending. Respondent conceded Table SIRVA and legal prerequisites: no prior right shoulder dysfunction, pain within 48 hours, pain/ROM limited to vaccinated shoulder, no other condition, residual effects longer than six months. Public ruling gives no treatment/imaging detail. Chief Special Master Corcoran September 25, 2025. Attorney Paul R. Brazil; respondent Alec Saxe.

Public staged source text:

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DOCUMENT 1: USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-00459-0
Date issued/filed: 2025-10-28
Pages: 2
Docket text: PUBLIC ORDER/RULING (Originally filed: 09/25/2025) regarding 16 Ruling on Entitlement Signed by Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran. (ppa) Service on parties made.
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Case 1:25-vv-00459-UNJ Document 18 Filed 10/28/25 Page 1 of 2
In the United States Court of Federal Claims
OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS
No. 25-459V
FREDERICK WOODARD, Chief Special Master Corcoran
Petitioner, Filed: September 25, 2025
v.
SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES,
Respondent.
Paul R. Brazil, Muller Brazil, LLP, Dresher, PA, for Petitioner.
Alec Saxe, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
RULING ON ENTITLEMENT1
On March 12, 2025, Frederick Woodard 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 he suffered a Table injury - shoulder injury related
to vaccine administration (“SIRVA”) as a result of the administration of his November 3,
2023 influenza (“flu”) vaccination. Petition at 1. Petitioner further alleges that he received
the vaccine in the United States, that he suffered the residual effects of his injury for more
than six months, and that there has been no prior award or settlement of a civil action on
his behalf as a result of his injury. See Petition at ¶¶ 1, 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-00459-UNJ Document 18 Filed 10/28/25 Page 2 of 2
On September 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. Specifically, Respondent states that the Division of Injury Compensation
Programs, Department of Health and Human Services (“DICP”)
has reviewed the petition, medical records, and affidavit filed in this case
and has concluded that compensation is appropriate. DICP has determined
that petitioner’s alleged injury is consistent with SIRVA as defined by the
Vaccine Injury Table. Specifically, petitioner had no history of pain,
inflammation, or dysfunction of his right 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. 42 C.F.R. §§ 100.3(a),
(c)(10). Additionally, based on the medical records outlined above,
petitioner suffered the residual effects of his condition for more than six
months. Therefore, based on the record as it now stands, petitioner has
satisfied all legal prerequisites for compensation under the Vaccine Act. See
42 U.S.C. § 300aa-13(a)(1)(B); 42 U.S.C. § 300aa-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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