VICP Registry Case Source Bundle
Canonical URL: https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-00767
Package ID: USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-00767
Petitioner: Josh Neaf
Filed: 2025-05-05
Decided: 2025-12-16
Vaccine: tetanus-diphtheria-acellular pertussis (Tdap)
Vaccination date: 2024-05-02
Condition: shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA)
Outcome: entitlement_granted_pending_damages
Award amount USD: 

AI-assisted case summary:
On May 5, 2025, Josh Neaf filed a petition alleging that a tetanus-diphtheria-acellular pertussis (Tdap) vaccination administered on May 2, 2024 caused a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration. The public ruling identifies him as an adult but does not state an exact age.

Respondent filed a Rule 4(c) report conceding that Mr. Neaf was entitled to compensation. The public ruling does not describe the first symptom, onset interval, medical visits, imaging, injections, therapy, or functional limitations. On December 16, 2025, Chief Special Master Corcoran accepted respondent's concession and found Mr. Neaf entitled to compensation for Table SIRVA. Damages remain for later resolution.

Theory of causation field:
Adult petitioner; Tdap vaccine May 2, 2024; Table SIRVA. ENTITLEMENT GRANTED, damages pending. Respondent conceded entitlement in a Rule 4(c) report; public ruling lacks clinical chronology. Petition filed May 5, 2025; entitlement decision December 16, 2025.

Public staged source text:

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DOCUMENT 1: USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-00767-0
Date issued/filed: 2026-01-15
Pages: 2
Docket text: PUBLIC ORDER/RULING (Originally filed: 12/16/2025) 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-00767-UNJ Document 18 Filed 01/15/26 Page 1 of 2
In the United States Court of Federal Claims
OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS
No. 25-0767V
JOSH NEAF, Chief Special Master Corcoran
Petitioner,
v. Filed: December 16, 2025
SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES,
Respondent.
Leigh Finfer, Muller Brazil, LLP, Dresher, PA, for Petitioner.
Sara DeStefano, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
RULING ON ENTITLEMENT1
On May 5, 2025, Josh Neaf 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 an
tetanus-diphtheria-acellular pertussis (“Tdap”) vaccination received on May 2, 2024.
Petition at 1. The case was assigned to the Special Processing Unit of the Office of
Special Masters.
On December 15, 2025, Respondent filed his Rule 4(c) Report in which he
concedesthatPetitioner 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.at3-4(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 Rulingwill 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.
2National 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-00767-UNJ Document 18 Filed 01/15/26 Page 2 of 2
(c)(10)). Respondent further agrees that Petitioner has satisfied all legal prerequisites for
compensation under the Vaccine Act. Id. at 4 (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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