VICP Registry Case Source Bundle
Canonical URL: https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-00835
Package ID: USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-00835
Petitioner: Paige Crum
Filed: 2025-05-16
Decided: 2025-11-25
Vaccine: Tdap
Vaccination date: 2023-06-29
Condition: shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA)
Outcome: entitlement_granted_pending_damages
Award amount USD: 

AI-assisted case summary:
On May 16, 2025, Paige Crum filed a petition alleging that a tetanus-diphtheria-acellular pertussis (Tdap) vaccination administered on June 29, 2023 caused a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration. She alleged residual effects lasting more than six months.

Respondent filed a Rule 4(c) report conceding entitlement, stating that Ms. Crum's alleged injury was consistent with Table SIRVA and that the statutory prerequisites were satisfied. The public ruling does not describe the clinical story beyond those Table findings.

On November 25, 2025, Chief Special Master Corcoran found Ms. Crum entitled to compensation. Damages remain pending.

Theory of causation field:
Adult petitioner; Tdap vaccine June 29, 2023; Table SIRVA. ENTITLEMENT GRANTED, damages pending. Respondent conceded entitlement; public ruling lacks clinical chronology. Petition filed May 16, 2025; entitlement November 25, 2025.

Public staged source text:

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DOCUMENT 1: USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-00835-0
Date issued/filed: 2025-12-30
Pages: 2
Docket text: PUBLIC ORDER/RULING (Originally filed: 11/25/2025) regarding 15 Ruling on Entitlement Signed by Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran. (ppa) Service on parties made.
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Case 1:25-vv-00835-UNJ Document 17 Filed 12/30/25 Page 1 of 2
In the United States Court of Federal Claims
OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS
No. 25-835V
PAIGE CRUM, Chief Special Master Corcoran
Petitioner, Filed: November 25, 2025
v.
SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES,
Respondent.
Jessica Anne Olins, Maglio Christopher & Toale, Seattle, WA, for Petitioner.
Mary Eileen Holmes, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
RULING ON ENTITLEMENT1
On May 16, 2025, Paige Crum (“Petitioner”) 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 she suffered from a shoulder injury related to
vaccine administration (“SIRVA”) as a result of receiving a tetanus-diphtheria-acellular
pertussis (“Tdap”) vaccination on June 29, 2023. Pet., ECF No. 1. Petitioner further
alleges that she suffered the residual effects of her injury for more than six months. Id.
The case was assigned to the Special Processing Unit of the Office of Special Masters.
On November 18, 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, ECF No. 13. Specifically, Respondent indicated that “[P]etitioner’s alleged
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-00835-UNJ Document 17 Filed 12/30/25 Page 2 of 2
injury is consistent with SIRVA as defined by the Vaccine Injury Table.” Id. at 4.
Respondent does not dispute that Petitioner “has satisfied all legal prerequisites for
compensation 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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