Ahmad Tawil v. HHS - tetanus-diphtheria (Td), shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) (2025)

On April 2, 2025, Ahmad Tawil filed a petition seeking compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program after receiving a tetanus-diphtheria (Td) vaccine in his left arm on November 6, 2023. He alleged that the injection caused a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration, or alternatively caused a shoulder injury in fact, and that the residual effects lasted more than six months.

Respondent denied that Mr. Tawil sustained a Table SIRVA, denied that the Td vaccine caused his shoulder injury or any other injury, and denied that his current condition was a sequela of a vaccine-related injury.

The public stipulation does not describe his first shoulder symptom, treatment course, imaging, injections, therapy, or functional limitations. The available public record is therefore a settlement record rather than a clinical narrative.

On December 2, 2025, Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran adopted the parties' joint stipulation and awarded Mr.

Tawil $51,000.00 as a lump sum through counsel's IOLTA account for all damages available under the Vaccine Act.