VICP Registry Case Source Bundle
Canonical URL: https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-00656
Package ID: USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-00656
Petitioner: Darryl Ayers
Filed: 2025-04-16
Decided: 2025-11-03
Vaccine: hepatitis B
Vaccination date: 2024-03-29
Condition: shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA)
Outcome: entitlement_granted_pending_damages
Award amount USD: 

AI-assisted case summary:
On April 16, 2025, Darryl Ayers filed a petition alleging that a hepatitis B vaccine administered on March 29, 2024 caused a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration. The public ruling identifies him as an adult petitioner but does not state his exact age.

Respondent conceded entitlement in a Rule 4(c) report filed October 21, 2025. The concession accepted that Mr. Ayers had established a compensable SIRVA. The public ruling is brief and does not provide the underlying clinical timeline, onset description, treatment course, or residual limitations.

On November 3, 2025, Chief Special Master Corcoran found Mr. Ayers entitled to compensation. Damages remained to be determined.

Theory of causation field:
Adult petitioner; hepatitis B vaccine March 29, 2024; SIRVA. ENTITLEMENT GRANTED, DAMAGES PENDING. Respondent conceded entitlement in Rule 4(c) report filed October 21, 2025. Public ruling lacks clinical chronology. CSM Corcoran November 3, 2025. Petition filed April 16, 2025.

Public staged source text:

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DOCUMENT 1: USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-00656-0
Date issued/filed: 2025-12-03
Pages: 2
Docket text: PUBLIC ORDER/RULING (Originally filed: 11/03/2025) regarding 17 Ruling on Entitlement ( Signed by Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran. )(mpj) Service on parties made.
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Case 1:25-vv-00656-UNJ Document 18 Filed 12/03/25 Page 1 of 2
In the United States Court of Federal Claims
OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS
No. 25-0656V
DARRYL AYERS, Chief Special Master Corcoran
Petitioner,
v. Filed: November 3, 2025
SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES,
Respondent.
Leah VaSahnja Durant, Law Offices of Leah V. Durant, PLLC, Washington, DC, for
Petitioner.
Madylan Louise Yarc, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
RULING ON ENTITLEMENT1
On April 16, 2025, Darryl Ayers 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 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 a
Hepatitis B (“Hep B”) vaccination received on March 29, 2024. Petition at 1. The case
was assigned to the Special Processing Unit of the Office of Special Masters.
On October 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 with
SIRVA as defined by the Vaccine Injury Table. Id. at 4-5 (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-00656-UNJ Document 18 Filed 12/03/25 Page 2 of 2
(c)(10)). Respondent further agrees that Petitioner has satisfied all legal prerequisites for
compensation under the Vaccine Act. Id. at 5 (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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