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Canonical URL: https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-00846
Package ID: USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-00846
Petitioner: Nadya Lazarev
Filed: 2025-05-19
Decided: 2026-03-25
Vaccine: influenza
Vaccination date: 2023-10-13
Condition: shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA)
Outcome: entitlement_granted_pending_damages
Award amount USD: 

AI-assisted case summary:
On May 19, 2025, Nadya Lazarev filed a petition alleging that an influenza vaccination administered on October 13, 2023 caused a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration. She alleged residual effects lasting more than six months and no prior civil award or settlement for the injury.

Respondent conceded entitlement in a Rule 4(c) report filed March 23, 2026. The concession stated that Ms. Lazarev had no history of pain, inflammation, or dysfunction in her left shoulder before vaccination; that shoulder pain occurred within forty-eight hours after the intramuscular flu vaccination; that pain and reduced range of motion were limited to the vaccinated shoulder; and that no other condition or abnormality explained the shoulder pain.

Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran found Ms. Lazarev entitled to compensation on March 25, 2026. The available public record resolves entitlement only and does not include a damages award or a fuller treatment chronology.

Theory of causation field:
Influenza vaccine on October 13, 2023, causing Table SIRVA; ENTITLEMENT GRANTED, damages pending/not found. Respondent conceded no prior left shoulder dysfunction, onset within 48 hours, pain/reduced ROM limited to vaccinated shoulder, no alternative cause, and residual effects over six months. Chief SM Brian H. Corcoran, petition filed May 19, 2025; entitlement March 25, 2026. Attorney: Laura Levenberg, Muller Brazil.

Public staged source text:

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DOCUMENT 1: USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-00846-0
Date issued/filed: 2026-04-28
Pages: 2
Docket text: PUBLIC ORDER/RULING (Originally filed: 03/25/2026) regarding 24 Ruling on Entitlement Signed by Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran. (ppa) Service on parties made.
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Case 1:25-vv-00846-UNJ Document 27 Filed 04/28/26 Page 1 of 2
In the United States Court of Federal Claims
OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS
No. 25-846V
NADYA LAZAREV, Chief Special Master Corcoran
Petitioner, Filed: March 25, 2026
v.
SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES,
Respondent.
Laura Levenberg, Muller Brazil, LLP, Dresher, PA, for Petitioner.
Benjamin Patrick Warder, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for
Respondent.
RULING ON ENTITLEMENT1
On May 19, 2025, Nadya Lazarev 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 a shoulder injury related to vaccine
administration (“SIRVA”) following receipt of an influenza (“flu”) vaccine on October 13,
2023. Petition at ¶¶ 1, 15. Petitioner further alleges that she suffered the residual effects
of her injury for more than six months, and that there has been no prior award or
settlement of a civil action on her behalf as a result of her injury. Id. at ¶¶ 11-13. 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-00846-UNJ Document 27 Filed 04/28/26 Page 2 of 2
On March 23, 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 a
SIRVA as defined by the Vaccine Injury Table. Specifically,
[P]etitioner had no history of pain, inflammation, or
dysfunction of her left shoulder prior to vaccination; shoulder
pain occurred within forty-eight hours after receipt of an
intramuscular flu 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 [P]etitioner’s shoulder pain. 42 C.F.R. §
100.3(a)(XIV)(B), (c)(10). Additionally, based on the medical
records outlined above, [P]etitioner suffered the residual
effects of her 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 Vaccine
Act. See 42 U.S.C. § 300aa-11(c)(1)(D)(i), -13(a)(1)(B).
Id. at 8.
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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