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Canonical URL: https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-01157
Package ID: USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-01157
Petitioner: Sharon Stefanoni
Filed: 2025-07-10
Decided: 2026-05-12
Vaccine: influenza
Vaccination date: 2024-08-19
Condition: shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA)
Outcome: entitlement_granted_pending_damages
Award amount USD: 

AI-assisted case summary:
Sharon Stefanoni filed a petition for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program on July 10, 2025. She alleged that after receiving an influenza vaccine on August 19, 2024, she suffered a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA). The respondent, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, filed a Rule 4(c) Report conceding that Ms. Stefanoni is entitled to compensation. The respondent agreed that her injury is consistent with SIRVA as defined by the Vaccine Injury Table and that she has met all legal prerequisites for compensation. Based on the respondent's concession and the evidence, the Chief Special Master ruled that Ms. Stefanoni is entitled to compensation. The case will proceed to determine the award amount.

Theory of causation field:
Table

Public staged source text:

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DOCUMENT 1: USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-01157-0
Date issued/filed: 2026-05-12
Pages: 2
Docket text: PUBLIC ORDER/RULING (Originally filed: 04/06/2026) regarding 18 Ruling on Entitlement. ( Signed by Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran. )(mpj) Service on parties made.
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Case 1:25-vv-01157-UNJ Document 20 Filed 05/12/26 Page 1 of 2
In the United States Court of Federal Claims
OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS
No. 25-1157V
SHARON STEFANONI, Chief Special Master Corcoran
Petitioner,
v. Filed: April 6, 2026
SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES,
Respondent.
Leah VaSahnja Durant, Law Offices of Leah V. Durant, PLLC, Washington, DC, for
Petitioner.
Jay Travis Williamson, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
RULING ON ENTITLEMENT1
On July 10, 2025, Sharon Stefanoni filed a petition for compensation under the
National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, 42 U.S.C. § 300aa-10, et seq.2 (the
“Vaccine Act”), alleging that following her receipt of an influenza (“flu”) vaccine on August
19, 2024, she suffered a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (“SIRVA”), as
defined in the Vaccine Injury Table, 42 C.F.R. § 100.3 (“the Table”). Petition at 1. The
case was assigned to the Special Processing Unit of the Office of Special Masters.
On April 3, 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 Petitioner’s alleged injury is consistent with
SIRVA as defined by the Vaccine Injury Table. Id. at 5 (citing 42 C.F.R. §§ 100.3(a),
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-01157-UNJ Document 20 Filed 05/12/26 Page 2 of 2
(c)(10)). Respondent further agrees that Petitioner has satisfied all legal prerequisites for
compensation under the Vaccine Act. Id. (citing Section 13(a)(1)(B); Section
11(c)(1)(D)(i)).
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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