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Canonical URL: https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-00592
Package ID: USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-00592
Petitioner: Shara Sheldon
Filed: 2025-04-04
Decided: 2025-11-24
Vaccine: influenza
Vaccination date: 2022-11-09
Condition: shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA)
Outcome: entitlement_granted_pending_damages
Award amount USD: 

AI-assisted case summary:
On April 4, 2025, Shara Sheldon filed a petition alleging that an influenza vaccination administered on November 9, 2022 caused a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration.

Respondent filed a Rule 4(c) report conceding entitlement, agreeing that Ms. Sheldon's alleged injury was consistent with SIRVA as defined by the Vaccine Injury Table and that she satisfied the legal prerequisites for compensation. The public ruling does not describe onset, symptoms, diagnostic testing, treatment, therapy, or expert opinions.

On November 24, 2025, Chief Special Master Corcoran found Ms. Sheldon entitled to compensation. Damages remain pending.

Theory of causation field:
Adult petitioner; influenza vaccine November 9, 2022; Table SIRVA. ENTITLEMENT GRANTED, damages pending. Respondent conceded entitlement; public ruling lacks clinical chronology. Petition filed April 4, 2025; entitlement November 24, 2025.

Public staged source text:

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DOCUMENT 1: USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-00592-0
Date issued/filed: 2025-12-30
Pages: 2
Docket text: PUBLIC ORDER/RULING (Originally filed: 11/24/2025) 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-00592-UNJ Document 25 Filed 12/30/25 Page 1 of 2
In the United States Court of Federal Claims
OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS
No. 25-0592V
SHARA SHELDON, Chief Special Master Corcoran
Petitioner,
v. Filed: November 24, 2025
SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES,
Respondent.
Bridget Candace McCullough, Muller Brazil, LLP, Dresher, PA, for Petitioner.
Benjamin Patrick Warder, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for
Respondent.
RULING ON ENTITLEMENT1
On April 4, 2025, Shara Sheldon filed a petition for compensation under the
National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, 42 U.S.C. § 300aa-10, et seq.2 (the
“Vaccine Act”), alleging that she sustained a shoulder injury related to vaccine
administration (“SIRVA”), as defined in the Vaccine Injury Table, 42 C.F.R. § 100.3, as
the result of an influenza (“flu”) vaccination administered on November 9, 2022. Petition
at 1, 5. The case was assigned to the Special Processing Unit of the Office of Special
Masters.
On November 21, 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 agrees that Petitioner’s alleged injury is consistent
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-00592-UNJ Document 25 Filed 12/30/25 Page 2 of 2
with SIRVA as defined by the Vaccine Injury Table. Id. at 4-5 (citing 42 C.F.R. §§ 100.3(a),
(c)(10)). Respondent further agrees that Petitioner has satisfied all legal prerequisites for
compensation under the Vaccine Act. Id. at 5 (citing Section 11(c)(1)(D)(i); Section
13(a)(1)(B)).
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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