Julio Rendon v. HHS - Tdap, shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) (2026)
Case summary [AI summaries can sometimes make mistakes]
Julio Rendon filed a petition on June 16, 2025, seeking compensation for a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration after receiving a tetanus-diphtheria-acellular pertussis (Tdap) vaccine on August 17, 2024. He alleged that the injury met the Vaccine Table definition for SIRVA and that residual effects continued for more than six months.
Respondent filed a Rule 4(c) report on March 2, 2026, conceding entitlement. The report stated that Mr.
Rendon's alleged injury was consistent with a Table SIRVA and that he satisfied the legal prerequisites for compensation under the Vaccine Act. The public entitlement decision is brief and does not set out a detailed medical treatment chronology.
On March 20, 2026, Chief Special Master Corcoran found Mr. Rendon entitled to compensation.
The decision resolved entitlement only; damages had not yet been determined in the public record reviewed for this update. Mr.
Rendon was represented by Paul R. Brazil of Muller Brazil LLP in Dresher, Pennsylvania.
Because the decision addressed entitlement only, no damages award was entered in that decision.
Theory of causation
Tdap vaccine on August 17, 2024 allegedly causing SIRVA. ENTITLEMENT GRANTED; DAMAGES PENDING. Respondent conceded in a March 2, 2026 Rule 4(c) report that the injury was consistent with Table SIRVA and that Vaccine Act prerequisites were satisfied. Public entitlement decision contains limited clinical detail. Petition filed June 16, 2025; entitlement decision by Chief SM Brian H. Corcoran on March 20, 2026. No damages award in reviewed entitlement decision. Attorney: Paul R. Brazil, Muller Brazil LLP, Dresher PA.
Source PDFs
USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-01003