VICP Registry Case Source Bundle
Canonical URL: https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-01329
Package ID: USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-01329
Petitioner: Philip Dokpesi
Filed: 2025-08-11
Decided: 2026-06-11
Vaccine: HPV
Vaccination date: 2024-08-09
Condition: shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA)
Outcome: entitlement_granted_pending_damages
Award amount USD: 

AI-assisted case summary:
Philip Dokpesi filed a petition for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program on August 11, 2025. He alleged that he suffered a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) as a result of an HPV vaccine he received on August 9, 2024. The respondent, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, filed a Rule 4(c) Report conceding that Mr. Dokpesi is entitled to compensation. The respondent agreed that the injury is consistent with SIRVA as defined by the Vaccine Injury Table and that Mr. Dokpesi has satisfied all legal prerequisites for compensation. Based on the respondent's concession and the evidence of record, the Chief Special Master found that Mr. Dokpesi is entitled to compensation. The ruling was issued on June 11, 2026, and the case is proceeding to determine damages.

Theory of causation field:
Table

Public staged source text:

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DOCUMENT 1: USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-01329-0
Date issued/filed: 2026-07-13
Pages: 2
Docket text: PUBLIC ORDER/RULING (Originally filed: 06/11/2026) regarding 23 Ruling on Entitlement Signed by Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran. (nh) Service on parties made.
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Case 1:25-vv-01329-UNJ Document 25 Filed 07/13/26 Page 1 of 2
In the United States Court of Federal Claims
OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS
No. 25-1329V
PHILIP DOKPESI, Chief Special Master Corcoran
Petitioner,
v. Filed: June 11, 2026
SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES,
Respondent.
David Gregory Rogers, Rogers, Hofrichter & Karrh, LLC, Fayetteville, GA, for Petitioner.
Mallori Browne Openchowski, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for
Respondent.
RULING ON ENTITLEMENT1
On August 11, 2025, Philip Dokpesi 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 he suffered a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration
(“SIRVA”), as defined in the Vaccine Injury Table, 42 C.F.R. § 100.3 (“the Table”), as the
result of a human papillomavirus (“HPV”) vaccine he received on August 9, 2024. Petition
at 1. The case was assigned to the Special Processing Unit of the Office of Special
Masters.
On June 11, 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 agrees that Petitioner’s injury is consistent with SIRVA as
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-01329-UNJ Document 25 Filed 07/13/26 Page 2 of 2
defined by the Table. Id. at 3 (citing 42 C.F.R. §§ 100.3(a), (c)(10)). Respondent further
agrees that Petitioner has satisfied all legal prerequisites for compensation under the
Vaccine Act. Id. at 3-4 (citing Section 11(c)(1)(D)(i); Section 13(a)(1)(B).
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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