VICP Registry Case Source Bundle
Canonical URL: https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-00567
Package ID: USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-00567
Petitioner: Sean Bordelon
Filed: 2025-03-31
Decided: 2025-12-22
Vaccine: influenza
Vaccination date: 2023-09-26
Condition: Guillain-Barre syndrome
Outcome: entitlement_granted_pending_damages
Award amount USD: 

AI-assisted case summary:
On March 31, 2025, Sean Bordelon filed a petition alleging that an influenza vaccine administered on September 26, 2023 caused Guillain-Barre syndrome.

Respondent conceded entitlement in a Rule 4(c) report filed in December 2025, agreeing that the record satisfied the Table criteria for GBS following influenza vaccination and the Program's legal prerequisites. The public ruling is brief and does not describe the first neurologic symptom, diagnostic testing, hospitalization, IVIG or plasma exchange, rehabilitation, or residual limitations.

Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran found entitlement on December 22, 2025. Damages remained to be determined.

Theory of causation field:
Influenza vaccine September 26, 2023 causing Table GBS; adult, exact age not stated. ENTITLEMENT CONCEDED; damages pending. Public ruling lacks neurologic chronology. Chief SM Brian H. Corcoran; petition March 31, 2025; decision December 22, 2025.

Public staged source text:

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DOCUMENT 1: USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-00567-0
Date issued/filed: 2026-01-22
Pages: 2
Docket text: PUBLIC ORDER/RULING (Originally filed: 12/22/2025) regarding 22 Ruling on Entitlement Signed by Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran. (ppa) Service on parties made.
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Case 1:25-vv-00567-UNJ Document 24 Filed 01/22/26 Page 1 of 2
In the United States Court of Federal Claims
OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS
No. 25-0567V
SEAN BORDELON, Chief Special Master Corcoran
Petitioner, Filed: December 22, 2025
v.
SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES,
Respondent.
Laura Levenberg, Muller Brazil, LLP, Dresher, PA, for Petitioner.
Naseem Kourosh, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
RULING ON ENTITLEMENT1
On March 31, 2025, Sean Bordelon 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 from Guillain-Barre Syndrome (“GBS”)
following an influenza vaccination he received on September 26, 2023. Petition at 1.
Petitioner further alleges that his “GBS symptoms persisted for more than six months”.
Petition at ¶ 15. The case was assigned to the Special Processing Unit of the Office of
Special Masters.
On December 17, 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
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-00567-UNJ Document 24 Filed 01/22/26 Page 2 of 2
Vaccine Injury Table and the Qualifications and Aids to Interpretation for GBS following
administration of a seasonal flu vaccination.” Id. at 6. Respondent further agrees that “in
light of the information contained in Petitioner’s medical records, Petitioner has satisfied
all legal prerequisites for compensation under the Vaccine Act.” Id. at 7.
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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