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Canonical URL: https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-00897
Package ID: USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-00897
Petitioner: Shari Wilson
Filed: 2025-05-27
Decided: 2026-02-27
Vaccine: influenza
Vaccination date: 2023-10-25
Condition: shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA)
Outcome: entitlement_granted_pending_damages
Award amount USD: 

AI-assisted case summary:
On May 27, 2025, Shari Wilson filed a petition seeking compensation under the Vaccine Program, alleging shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) after receiving influenza on October 25, 2023.

Respondent conceded entitlement in a Rule 4(c) report.

The two-page entitlement ruling does not describe the first symptom report, medical visits, imaging, therapy, or damages.

On February 27, 2026, Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran found petitioner entitled to compensation. Damages had not yet been resolved in the public decision.

Theory of causation field:
influenza vaccine on October 25, 2023 (exact age not stated) allegedly causing shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA). ENTITLEMENT_GRANTED_PENDING_DAMAGES. Respondent conceded entitlement in a Rule 4(c) report. The two-page entitlement ruling does not describe the first symptom report, medical visits, imaging, therapy, or damages. Award/status: damages pending. Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran; petition filed May 27, 2025; decision February 27, 2026. Attorney: not stated in extracted public text. No expert causation analysis in public stipulation/proffer.

Public staged source text:

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DOCUMENT 1: USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-00897-0
Date issued/filed: 2026-03-31
Pages: 2
Docket text: PUBLIC ORDER/RULING (Originally filed: 02/27/2026) regarding 21 Ruling on Entitlement Signed by Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran. (nh) Service on parties made.
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Case 1:25-vv-00897-UNJ Document 24 Filed 03/31/26 Page 1 of 2
In the United States Court of Federal Claims
OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS
No. 25-0897V
SHARI WILSON,
Chief Special Master Corcoran
Petitioner,
v. Filed: February 27, 2026
SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES,
Respondent.
Leah VaSahnja Durant, Law Offices of Leah V. Durant, PLLC, Washington, DC, for
Petitioner.
Parisa Tabassian, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent
RULING ON ENTITLEMENT1
On May 27, 2025, Shari Wilson 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 alleged that she suffered a shoulder injury related to vaccine
administration (“SIRVA”), a defined Table injury, after receiving an influenza (“flu”)
vaccine on October 25, 2023. Petition at 1, ¶¶ 1, 12. Petitioner also alleged that she
received the vaccine within the United States, that she suffered the residual effects of her
SIRVA for more than six months, and that neither she nor any other party has filed a civil
action or received compensation for her SIRVA, alleged as vaccine caused. Id. at ¶¶ 1,
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-00897-UNJ Document 24 Filed 03/31/26 Page 2 of 2
12-13. The case was assigned to the Special Processing Unit of the Office of Special
Masters.
On February 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 “has concluded that [P]etitioner’s alleged injury is consistent
with SIRVA as defined by the Vaccine Injury Table.” Id. at 4. Respondent further agrees
that based on the record as it now stands, [P]etitioner has satisfied all legal prerequisites
for compensation under the Act.” Id. at 5.
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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