Constance Gooding v. HHS - Tdap, shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) (2026)

Constance Gooding filed a Vaccine Act petition alleging that a Tdap vaccination administered on July 18, 2022 caused a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration. The public text available for this package is limited and partly duplicative, but it identifies the case as a SIRVA entitlement ruling rather than a damages decision.

Respondent conceded entitlement, and Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran found Ms.

Gooding entitled to compensation on February 18, 2026. The ruling resolved only whether she could receive compensation; the public record in this package does not include a damages proffer, a lump-sum award, treatment chronology, imaging results, injections, therapy history, or expert testimony.

Because damages were not decided in the available decision, no award amount is listed here.