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Canonical URL: https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-00628
Package ID: USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-00628
Petitioner: Daniel Brennan
Filed: 2025-04-11
Decided: 2026-01-05
Vaccine: influenza
Vaccination date: 2023-10-18
Condition: shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA)
Outcome: compensated
Award amount USD: 112500

AI-assisted case summary:
On April 11, 2025, Daniel Brennan filed a petition alleging that an influenza vaccine administered on October 18, 2023 caused a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration.

Respondent conceded entitlement, agreeing that the record satisfied the Table SIRVA criteria. Mr. Brennan had no prior pain, inflammation, or dysfunction in the affected shoulder that would explain the post-vaccination findings; pain began within 48 hours; pain and reduced range of motion were limited to the vaccinated shoulder; no other condition better explained his symptoms; and the injury lasted more than six months.

Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran found entitlement on October 28, 2025. On January 5, 2026, he adopted respondent's damages proffer and awarded Mr. Brennan $112,500.00 for pain and suffering as a lump sum.

Theory of causation field:
Influenza vaccine October 18, 2023 causing Table SIRVA; adult, exact age not stated; onset within 48 hours. ENTITLEMENT CONCEDED; COMPENSATED. Key Table facts: no prior affected-shoulder condition, pain within 48 hours, shoulder-limited pain/ROM, no alternative condition, residuals over six months. Award $112,500 pain/suffering. Chief SM Brian H. Corcoran; petition April 11, 2025; entitlement October 28, 2025; damages January 5, 2026.

Public staged source text:

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DOCUMENT 1: USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-00628-0
Date issued/filed: 2025-12-03
Pages: 2
Docket text: PUBLIC ORDER/RULING (Originally filed: 10/28/2025) regarding 16 Ruling on Entitlement ( Signed by Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran. )(mpj) Service on parties made.
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Case 1:25-vv-00628-UNJ Document 20 Filed 12/03/25 Page 1 of 2
In the United States Court of Federal Claims
OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS
No. 25-0628V
DANIEL BRENNAN,
Chief Special Master Corcoran
Petitioner,
v.
Filed: October 28, 2025
SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES,
Respondent.
Leah VaSahnja Durant, Law Offices of Leah V. Durant, PLLC, Washington, DC, for
Petitioner.
Jay Travis Williamson, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
RULING ON ENTITLEMENT1
On April 11, 2025, Daniel Brennan 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 a shoulder injury related to vaccine
administration (“SIRVA”) as the result of an influenza (“flu”) vaccination received on
October 18, 2023. Petition at 1. Petitioner further alleges that he suffered the residual
effects of his injury for more than six months. Petition at 4. 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 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).

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1. Specifically, Respondent states that Petitioner’s “alleged injury is consistent with
SIRVA as defined by the Vaccine Injury Table. Specifically, petitioner had no history of
pain, inflammation, or dysfunction of his right shoulder prior to vaccination; pain occurred
within forty-eight hours after receipt of an intramuscular vaccination; pain and reduced
ROM were limited to the shoulder in which the vaccine was administered; and no other
condition or abnormality has been identified to explain petitioner’s shoulder pain.” Id. at
5. Respondent further agrees that Petitioner suffered the residual effects of his condition
for more than six months and that he has satisfied all legal prerequisites under the Act.
Id.
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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DOCUMENT 2: USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-00628-1
Date issued/filed: 2026-02-05
Pages: 5
Docket text: PUBLIC DECISION (Originally filed: 01/05/2026) regarding 23 DECISION Stipulation/Proffer, ( Signed by Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran. )(mpj) Service on parties made.
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Case 1:25-vv-00628-UNJ Document 27 Filed 02/05/26 Page 1 of 5
In the United States Court of Federal Claims
OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS
No. 25-0628V
DANIEL BRENNAN, Chief Special Master Corcoran
Petitioner, Filed: January 5, 2026
v.
SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES,
Respondent.
Leah VaSahnja Durant, Law Offices of Leah V. Durant, PLLC, Washington, DC, for
Petitioner.
Jay Travis Williamson, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
DECISION AWARDING DAMAGES1
On April 11, 2025, Daniel Brennan 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 a shoulder injury related to vaccine
administration (“SIRVA”) as the result of an influenza (“flu”) vaccination received on
October 18, 2023. Petition at 1. The case was assigned to the Special Processing Unit of
the Office of Special Masters.
On October 28, 2025, a ruling on entitlement was issued, finding Petitioner entitled
to compensation. On December 22, 2025, Respondent filed a proffer on award of
compensation (“Proffer”) indicating Petitioner should be awarded a total of $112,500.00,
in pain and suffering. Proffer at 1-2. In the Proffer, Respondent represented that Petitioner
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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agrees with the proffered award. Id. Based on the record as a whole, I find that Petitioner
is entitled to an award as stated in the Proffer.
Pursuant to the terms stated in the attached Proffer, I award Petitioner a lump
sum payment of $112,500.00, in pain and suffering, to be paid through an ACH
deposit to Petitioner’s counsel’s IOLTA account for prompt disbursement to
Petitioner. This amount represents compensation for all damages that would be available
under Section 15(a).
The Clerk of Court is directed to enter judgment in accordance with this decision.3
IT IS SO ORDERED.
s/Brian H. Corcoran
Brian H. Corcoran
Chief Special Master
3 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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Case 1:25-vv-00628-UNJ Document 27 Filed 02/05/26 Page 3 of 5
IN THE UNITED STATES COURT OF FEDERAL CLAIMS
OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS
DANIEL BRENNAN,
Petitioner,
v. No. 25-628V
Chief Special Master Corcoran
SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND ECF
HUMAN SERVICES,
Respondent.
RESPONDENT’S PROFFER ON AWARD OF COMPENSATION
On April 11, 2025, Daniel Brennan (“petitioner”) filed a petition for compensation under
the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986, 42 U.S.C. §§ 300aa-1 to -34 (“Vaccine Act”
or “Act”), alleging that he 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 an
influenza (“flu”) vaccination received on October 18, 2023. Petition at 1. On October 27, 2025,
the Secretary of Health and Human Services (“respondent”) filed a Rule 4(c) Report indicating
that this case is appropriate for compensation under the terms of the Act for a SIRVA Table
injury, and on October 28, 2025, the Chief Special Master issued a Ruling on Entitlement finding
petitioner entitled to compensation. ECF No. 14; ECF No. 15.
I. Items of Compensation
Pain and Suffering
Respondent proffers that petitioner should be awarded $112,500.00 in pain and suffering.
See 42 U.S.C. § 300aa-15(a)(4). Petitioner agrees.
This amount represents all elements of compensation to which petitioner is entitled under
42 U.S.C. § 300aa-15(a). Petitioner agrees.

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II. Form of the Award
Petitioner is a competent adult. Evidence of guardianship is not required in this case.
Respondent recommends that the compensation provided to petitioner should be made through a
lump sum payment as described below and requests that the Chief Special Master’s decision and
the Court’s judgment award the following1: a lump sum payment of $112,500.00 to be paid
through an ACH deposit to petitioner’s counsel’s IOLTA account for prompt disbursement to
petitioner.
Summary of Recommended Payments Following Judgment
Lump sum payable to petitioner, Daniel Brennan: $112,500.00
Respectfully submitted,
BRETT A. SHUMATE
Assistant Attorney General
JONNATHAN D. GUYNN
Acting Director
Torts Branch, Civil Division
HEATHER L. PEARLMAN
Deputy Director
Torts Branch, Civil Division
LARA A. ENGLUND
Assistant Director
Torts Branch, Civil Division
1 Should petitioner die prior to entry of judgment, the parties reserve the right to move the Court
for appropriate relief. In particular, respondent would oppose any award for future,
unreimbursed expenses, future lost earnings and future pain and suffering.
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Case 1:25-vv-00628-UNJ Document 27 Filed 02/05/26 Page 5 of 5
/s/ J. Travis Williamson
J. TRAVIS WILLIAMSON
Trial Attorney
Torts Branch, Civil Division
U.S. Department of Justice
P.O. Box 146
Benjamin Franklin Station
Washington, D.C. 20044-0146
Tel: (202) 598-1099
Jay.T.Williamson@usdoj.gov
DATED: December 22, 2025
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