VICP Registry Case Source Bundle
Canonical URL: https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-00581
Package ID: USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-00581
Petitioner: Ahmad Tawil
Filed: 2025-04-02
Decided: 2025-12-02
Vaccine: tetanus-diphtheria (Td)
Vaccination date: 2023-11-06
Condition: shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA)
Outcome: compensated
Award amount USD: 51000

AI-assisted case summary:
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.

Theory of causation field:
Adult petitioner; Td vaccine November 6, 2023, left arm; alleged Table SIRVA/off-Table shoulder injury. COMPENSATED by stipulation. Respondent denied Table SIRVA and causation. Public text provides no clinical chronology. SM Corcoran December 2, 2025. Award $51,000.00 lump sum. Petition filed April 2, 2025.

Public staged source text:

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DOCUMENT 1: USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-00581-0
Date issued/filed: 2026-01-06
Pages: 7
Docket text: PUBLIC DECISION (Originally filed: 12/02/2025) regarding 26 DECISION Stipulation/Proffer Signed by Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran. (ppa) Service on parties made.
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In the United States Court of Federal Claims
OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS
No. 25-0581V
AHMAD TAWIL, Chief Special Master Corcoran
Petitioner,
v. Filed: December 2, 2025
SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES,
Respondent.
Chellis Garcia, Maglio Christopher & Toale, PA, Washington, DC, for Petitioner.
Naseem Kourosh, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
DECISION ON JOINT STIPULATION1
On April 2, 2025, Ahmad Tawil filed a petition for compensation under the National
Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, 42 U.S.C. §300aa-10, et seq.2 (the “Vaccine
Act”). The petition seeks compensation for injuries allegedly related to Petitioner’s receipt
of a tetanus-diphtheria (“Td”) vaccine, which vaccine is listed in the Vaccine Injury Table
(the “Table”), 42 C.F.R. § 100.3(a). Petitioner received the Td vaccine on November 6,
2023, in the left arm. Petitioner alleges that he sustained a shoulder injury related to
vaccine administration (“SIRVA”) as set forth in the Table, or in the alternative, that
Petitioner’s alleged shoulder injury was caused by the vaccine. Petitioner further alleges
that he experienced the residual effects of this condition for more than six months.
1 Because this Decision 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 Decision 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).

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Respondent denies that Petitioner sustained a Table SIRVA; denies that the
vaccine caused Petitioner’s alleged shoulder injury, or any other injury; and denies that
Petitioner’s current condition is a sequela of a vaccine-related injury.
Nevertheless, on December 2, 2025, the parties filed the attached joint stipulation3
stating that a decision should be entered awarding compensation. I find the stipulation
reasonable and adopt it as my decision awarding damages, on the terms set forth therein.
Pursuant to the terms stated in the attached Stipulation, I award the following
compensation:
A lump sum of $51,000.00 to be paid through an ACH deposit to Petitioner’s
counsel’s IOLTA account for prompt disbursement to Petitioner. Stipulation
at ¶ 8. This amount represents compensation for all items of damages that would
be available under Section 15(a). Id.
I approve the requested amount for Petitioner’s compensation. In the absence of
a motion for review filed pursuant to RCFC Appendix B, the Clerk of Court is directed to
enter judgment in accordance with this decision.4
IT IS SO ORDERED.
s/Brian H. Corcoran
Brian H. Corcoran
Chief Special Master
3 In attaching the parties’ joint stipulation, I have omitted the last page – a Nintex AssureSign form that
includes personal information regarding Petitioner.
4 Pursuant to Vaccine Rule 11(a), entry of judgment can be expedited by the parties’ joint filing of notice
renouncing the right to seek review.
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