VICP Registry Case Source Bundle
Canonical URL: https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-00494
Package ID: USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-00494
Petitioner: Melisa Juarez
Filed: 2025-03-19
Decided: 2025-09-25
Vaccine: HPV
Vaccination date: 2024-06-11
Condition: shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA)
Outcome: entitlement_granted_pending_damages
Award amount USD: 

AI-assisted case summary:
On March 19, 2025, Melisa Juarez filed a petition alleging a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration after an HPV vaccination on June 11, 2024. The public ruling does not state her exact age; because the petition was filed in her own name, the record supports adult classification, but the exact age is not provided.

Respondent conceded that Ms. Juarez was entitled to compensation for a Table SIRVA. The public ruling does not include the first symptom, exact onset description, medical visits, imaging, therapy, or functional limitations.

Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran granted entitlement on September 25, 2025. Damages remain pending. Ms. Juarez was represented by Chellis Garcia of Siri & Glimstad, LLP.

Theory of causation field:
HPV vaccine, June 11, 2024, adult inferred from filing in own name, alleged SIRVA/Table injury or caused-in-fact/significant aggravation. ENTITLEMENT GRANTED; damages pending. Respondent conceded Table SIRVA and legal prerequisites. Public ruling does not provide onset, clinical course, imaging, or treatment detail. Chief Special Master Corcoran September 25, 2025. Attorney Chellis Garcia; respondent Catherine Elizabeth Stolar.

Public staged source text:

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DOCUMENT 1: USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-00494-0
Date issued/filed: 2025-10-27
Pages: 2
Docket text: PUBLIC ORDER/RULING (Originally filed: 09/25/2025) 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-00494-UNJ Document 21 Filed 10/27/25 Page 1 of 2
In the United States Court of Federal Claims
OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS
No. 25-0494V
MELISA JUAREZ,
Chief Special Master Corcoran
Petitioner,
v. Filed: September 25, 2025
SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES,
Respondent.
Chellis Garcia, Mctlaw, Washington, DC, for Petitioner.
Catherine Elizabeth Stolar, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for
Respondent
RULING ON ENTITLEMENT1
On March 19, 2025, Melisa Juarez 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”), a defined Table injury, or in the alternative a caused-in-fact or
significantly aggravated injuries, after receiving an HPV vaccine on June 11, 2024.
Petition at 1, ¶¶ 2, 23. Petitioner also alleges that she received the vaccine within the
United States, that she suffered the residual effects of her SIRVA for more than six
months and that neither she nor any other party has filed a civil action or received
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-00494-UNJ Document 21 Filed 10/27/25 Page 2 of 2
compensation for her SIRVA, alleged as vaccine caused. Id. at ¶¶ 2, 18, 24-25. The case
was assigned to the Special Processing Unit of the Office of Special Masters.
On September 25, 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 “has concluded that [P]etitioner’s alleged injury is
consistent with SIRVA as defined by the Vaccine Injury Table.” Id. at 5. Respondent
further agrees that based on the record as it now stands, [P]etitioner has satisfied all legal
prerequisites for compensation under the Act.” 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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