VICP Registry Case Source Bundle
Canonical URL: https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-00613
Package ID: USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-00613
Petitioner: Catherine Toledo-Narciso
Filed: 2025-04-09
Decided: 2025-10-28
Vaccine: Tdap
Vaccination date: 2022-11-22
Condition: shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA)
Outcome: entitlement_granted_pending_damages
Award amount USD: 

AI-assisted case summary:
On April 9, 2025, Catherine Toledo-Narciso filed a petition alleging that a Tdap vaccine administered on November 22, 2022 caused a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration. The public ruling identifies her as an adult petitioner but does not provide her exact age.

Respondent conceded entitlement, agreeing that the record established a compensable SIRVA. The public ruling is brief and does not set out the first symptom, treatment course, imaging, injections, therapy, or residual limitations.

On October 28, 2025, Chief Special Master Corcoran found Ms. Toledo-Narciso entitled to compensation. Damages remained to be determined.

Theory of causation field:
Adult petitioner; Tdap vaccine November 22, 2022; SIRVA. ENTITLEMENT GRANTED, DAMAGES PENDING. Respondent conceded entitlement. Public ruling lacks clinical chronology. CSM Corcoran October 28, 2025. Petition filed April 9, 2025.

Public staged source text:

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DOCUMENT 1: USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-00613-0
Date issued/filed: 2025-12-01
Pages: 2
Docket text: PUBLIC ORDER/RULING (Originally filed: 10/28/2025) regarding 21 Ruling on Entitlement Signed by Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran. (nh) Service on parties made.
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Case 1:25-vv-00613-UNJ Document 23 Filed 12/01/25 Page 1 of 2
In the United States Court of Federal Claims
OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS
No. 25-0613V
CATHERINE TOLEDO-NARCISO, Chief Special Master Corcoran
Petitioner,
v. Filed: October 28, 2025
SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES,
Respondent.
Elizabeth Martin Muldowney, Sands Anderson PC, Richmond, VA, for Petitioner.
Mark Kim Hellie, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
RULING ON ENTITLEMENT1
On April 9, 2025, Catherine Toledo-Narciso 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 suffered 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 a tetanus-diphtheria-acellular pertussis (“Tdap”) vaccination received on
November 22, 2022. Petition at 1. The case was assigned to the Special Processing Unit
of the Office of Special Masters.
On October 27, 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 with
SIRVA as defined by the Vaccine Injury Table. Id. at 6 (citing 42 C.F.R. §§ 100.3(a),
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-00613-UNJ Document 23 Filed 12/01/25 Page 2 of 2
(c)(10)). Respondent further agrees that Petitioner has satisfied all legal prerequisites for
compensation under the Vaccine Act. Id. (citing Section 13(a)(1)(B); Section
11(c)(1)(D)(i)).
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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