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Canonical URL: https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-00976
Package ID: USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-00976
Petitioner: Juanita Chapple
Filed: 2025-06-11
Decided: 2026-02-23
Vaccine: influenza
Vaccination date: 2024-09-09
Condition: shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA)
Outcome: entitlement_granted_pending_damages
Award amount USD: 

AI-assisted case summary:
On June 11, 2025, Juanita Chapple filed a petition seeking compensation under the Vaccine Program, alleging shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) after receiving influenza on September 9, 2024.

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

The two-page ruling does not describe the treatment course or damages.

On February 23, 2026, Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran found petitioner entitled to compensation. Damages had not yet been resolved in the public decision.

Petitioner was represented by Jonathan P. Groth, Groth Law Firm, S.C., Wauwatosa, WI.

Theory of causation field:
influenza vaccine on September 9, 2024 (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 ruling does not describe the treatment course or damages. Award/status: damages pending. Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran; petition filed June 11, 2025; decision February 23, 2026. Attorney: Jonathan P. Groth, Groth Law Firm, S.C., Wauwatosa, WI. No expert causation analysis in public stipulation/proffer.

Public staged source text:

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DOCUMENT 1: USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-00976-0
Date issued/filed: 2026-03-26
Pages: 2
Docket text: PUBLIC ORDER/RULING (Originally filed: 02/23/2026) regarding 26 Ruling on Entitlement ( Signed by Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran. )(mpj) Service on parties made.
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Case 1:25-vv-00976-UNJ Document 29 Filed 03/26/26 Page 1 of 2
In the United States Court of Federal Claims
OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS
No. 25-976V
JUANITA CHAPPLE, Chief Special Master Corcoran
Petitioner, Filed: February 23, 2026
v.
SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES,
Respondent.
Jonathan P. Groth, Groth Law Firm, S.C., Wauwatosa, WI, for Petitioner.
Camille Michelle Collett, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
RULING ON ENTITLEMENT1
On June 11, 2025, Juanita Chapple (“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 an influenza (“flu”) vaccination
on September 9, 2024. 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 February 13, 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, ECF No. 21. Specifically, Respondent indicated that “[P]etitioner’s alleged injury is
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-00976-UNJ Document 29 Filed 03/26/26 Page 2 of 2
consistent with SIRVA as defined by the Vaccine Injury Table.” Id. at 6. 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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