VICP Registry Case Source Bundle
Canonical URL: https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-00927
Package ID: USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-00927
Petitioner: Becky Dorris
Filed: 2025-05-30
Decided: 2025-11-14
Vaccine: influenza
Vaccination date: 2023-09-12
Condition: shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA)
Outcome: entitlement_granted_pending_damages
Award amount USD: 

AI-assisted case summary:
On May 30, 2025, Becky Dorris filed a petition alleging that an influenza vaccine administered on September 12, 2023 caused a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration. The public entitlement ruling identifies her as an adult petitioner but does not state her exact age.

Respondent conceded entitlement, and Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran found on November 14, 2025 that Ms. Dorris had established a compensable SIRVA claim. The short public ruling does not provide a detailed clinical chronology beyond the conceded criteria.

Damages had not yet been awarded in the public staged text reviewed, so the case stood as entitlement granted with compensation still pending.

Theory of causation field:
Adult petitioner; influenza vaccine September 12, 2023; SIRVA. ENTITLEMENT GRANTED; damages pending. Respondent conceded entitlement. Public ruling lacks detailed onset/treatment chronology beyond the concession. CSM Corcoran November 14, 2025. Petition filed May 30, 2025.

Public staged source text:

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DOCUMENT 1: USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-00927-0
Date issued/filed: 2025-12-15
Pages: 2
Docket text: PUBLIC ORDER/RULING (Originally filed: 11/14/2025) regarding 14 Ruling on Entitlement Signed by Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran. (ppa) Service on parties made.
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Case 1:25-vv-00927-UNJ Document 16 Filed 12/15/25 Page 1 of 2
In the United States Court of Federal Claims
OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS
No. 25-927V
BECKY DORRIS, Chief Special Master Corcoran
Petitioner, Filed: November 14, 2025
v.
SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES,
Respondent.
Maximillian J. Muller, Muller Brazil, LLP, Dresher, PA, for Petitioner.
Catherine Elizabeth Stolar, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for
Respondent.
RULING ON ENTITLEMENT1
On May 30, 2025, Becky Dorris 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”) caused by an influenza vaccine administered on September 12,
2023. Petition at 1. Petitioner further alleges that the vaccine was administered in the
United States, that she suffered the residual effects of her injury for more than six months,
and that there has been no award or compensation in the form of award or settlement for
her injuries. Petition at 1, 3. 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-00927-UNJ Document 16 Filed 12/15/25 Page 2 of 2
On November 7, 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
Conceding Entitlement to Compensation at 1. Specifically, Respondent has concluded
that Petitioner’s injury is consistent with a SIRVA as defined by the Vaccine Injury Table.
Id. at 6. Respondent further agrees that Petitioner has satisfied all legal prerequisites for
compensation under the Vaccine 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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