VICP Registry Case Source Bundle
Canonical URL: https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-00824
Package ID: USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-00824
Petitioner: Nethaniel Amanfo
Filed: 2025-05-14
Decided: 2026-01-28
Vaccine: tetanus, diphtheria, and acellular pertussis (Tdap)
Vaccination date: 2024-04-14
Condition: left shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA)
Outcome: entitlement_granted_pending_damages
Award amount USD: 

AI-assisted case summary:
On May 14, 2025, Nethaniel Amanfo filed a petition alleging a SIRVA after receiving a Tdap vaccine on April 14, 2024.

Respondent conceded entitlement, stating that Mr. Amanfo had no prior left shoulder pain, inflammation, or dysfunction; that pain began within 48 hours; that pain and reduced range of motion were limited to the vaccinated shoulder; and that no other condition explained the shoulder pain.

On January 28, 2026, Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran found Mr. Amanfo entitled to compensation. Damages had not yet been resolved in the public ruling.

Theory of causation field:
Tdap vaccine April 14, 2024 causing left SIRVA; adult, exact age not stated; onset within 48 hours. ENTITLEMENT CONCEDED; damages pending. Rule 4(c): no prior left shoulder dysfunction, pain/ROM limited to vaccinated shoulder, no alternative condition. Chief SM Brian H. Corcoran; petition May 14, 2025; decision January 28, 2026.

Public staged source text:

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DOCUMENT 1: USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-00824-0
Date issued/filed: 2026-02-27
Pages: 2
Docket text: PUBLIC ORDER/RULING (Originally filed: 01/28/2026) regarding 19 Ruling on Entitlement. Signed by Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran. (cr) Service on parties made.
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Case 1:25-vv-00824-UNJ Document 22 Filed 02/27/26 Page 1 of 2
In the United States Court of Federal Claims
OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS
No. 25-824V
NETHANIEL AMANFO, Chief Special Master Corcoran
Petitioner, Filed: January 28, 2026
v.
SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES,
Respondent.
Jeffrey S. Pop, Jeffrey S. Pop & Associates, Beverly Hills, CA for Petitioner.
Alexa Roggenkamp, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
RULING ON ENTITLEMENT1
On May 14, 2025, Nethaniel Amanfo 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”) following receipt of a tetanus-diphtheria-acellular pertussis
(Tdap) vaccine on April 14, 2024. Petition at ¶¶ 4, 27. Petitioner further alleges that he
suffered the residual effects of his injury for more than six months, and that there has
been no prior award or settlement of a civil action on his behalf as a result of his injury.
Petition at ¶¶ 24, 26. The case was assigned to the Special Processing Unit of the Office
of Special Masters.
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-00824-UNJ Document 22 Filed 02/27/26 Page 2 of 2
On January 26, 2026, 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 states that,
[the Division of Injury Compensation Programs] has
concluded that [P]etitioner’s alleged injury is consistent with
SIRVA as defined by the Vaccine Injury Table. Specifically,
[P]etitioner had no history of pain, inflammation, or
dysfunction of his left shoulder prior to vaccination; pain
occurred within forty-eight hours after receipt of an
intramuscular vaccination; pain and reduced range of motion
was 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. 42 C.F.R. §§
100.3(a), (c)(10). Additionally, based on the medical records
outlined above, [P]etitioner suffered the residual effects of his
condition for more than six months. Therefore, based on the
record as it now stands, [P]etitioner has satisfied all legal
prerequisites for compensation under the Act. See 42 U.S.C.
§ 300aa-13(a)(1)(B); 42 U.S.C. § 300aa11(c)(1)(D)(i).
Id. at 5-6.
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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