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Canonical URL: https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-00950
Package ID: USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-00950
Petitioner: Matthew Windsor
Filed: 2025-06-05
Decided: 2026-05-04
Vaccine: influenza
Vaccination date: 2022-10-21
Condition: shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA)
Outcome: entitlement_granted_pending_damages
Award amount USD: 

AI-assisted case summary:
Matthew Windsor filed a petition for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, alleging he suffered a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) following an influenza vaccine he received on October 21, 2022. He further alleged that he has suffered residual effects for more than six months. Respondent filed a Rule 4(c) report conceding that Petitioner is entitled to compensation. Respondent noted that Petitioner had no prior history of shoulder issues, pain occurred within 48 hours after vaccination, pain and reduced range of motion were limited to the vaccinated shoulder, and no other condition explained the pain. Respondent agreed that Petitioner met all requirements for compensation. Based on Respondent's concession and the record, entitlement to compensation was granted.

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DOCUMENT 1: USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-00950-0
Date issued/filed: 2026-06-12
Pages: 2
Docket text: PUBLIC ORDER/RULING (Originally filed: 05/04/2026) regarding 25 Ruling on Entitlement Signed by Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran. (ppa) Service on parties made.
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Case 1:25-vv-00950-UNJ Document 29 Filed 06/12/26 Page 1 of 2
In the United States Court of Federal Claims
OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS
No. 25-0950V
MATTHEW J. WINDSOR, Chief Special Master Corcoran
Petitioner, Filed: May 4, 2026
v.
SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES,
Respondent.
Gary A. Butler, Massa Butler Giglione, P.A., Pittsburgh, PA, for Petitioner.
Dima Atiya, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
RULING ON ENTITLEMENT1
On June 5, 2025, Matthew Windsor 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 an influenza vaccine he received on October 21, 2022.
Petition at 7. Petitioner further alleges that he has suffered the residual effects of his
vaccine-related injury for more than six months. Petition at ¶ 47. The case was assigned
to the Special Processing Unit of the Office of Special Masters.
On April 30, 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 “Petitioner had no history of pain, inflammation, or
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-00950-UNJ Document 29 Filed 06/12/26 Page 2 of 2
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.” Id. at 5. Respondent
further agrees that “based on the current record, Petitioner has satisfied all requirements
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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