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Canonical URL: https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-01390
Package ID: USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-01390
Petitioner: Robert Hetterich
Filed: 2025-08-20
Decided: 2026-05-08
Vaccine: influenza
Vaccination date: 2023-12-11
Condition: shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA)
Outcome: entitlement_granted_pending_damages
Award amount USD: 

AI-assisted case summary:
Robert Hetterich filed a petition for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program on August 20, 2025. He alleged that he suffered a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) as a result of an influenza vaccine he received on December 11, 2023. The respondent conceded that the petitioner's injury was consistent with SIRVA as defined by the Vaccine Injury Table and that all legal prerequisites for compensation had been met. Based on the respondent's concession and the evidence of record, the Chief Special Master found that the petitioner is entitled to compensation. The decision was issued on May 7, 2026.

Theory of causation field:
Table

Public staged source text:

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DOCUMENT 1: USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-01390-0
Date issued/filed: 2026-06-08
Pages: 2
Docket text: PUBLIC DECISION (Originally filed: 05/08/2026) regarding 22 Ruling on Entitlement ( Signed by Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran. )(mpj) Service on parties made.
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Case 1:25-vv-01390-UNJ Document 26 Filed 06/08/26 Page 1 of 2
In the United States Court of Federal Claims
OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS
No. 25-1390V
ROBERT HETTERICH, Chief Special Master Corcoran
Petitioner,
v. Filed: May 8, 2026
SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES,
Respondent.
Joseph P. Shannon, Shannon Law Group, P.C., Woodridge, IL, for Petitioner.
James Connor Daughton, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for
Respondent.
RULING ON ENTITLEMENT1
On August 20, 2025, Robert Hetterich 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 an influenza (“flu”) vaccine he received on December 11, 2023. Petition at 1. The
case was assigned to the Special Processing Unit of the Office of Special Masters.
On May 7, 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
defined by the Table. Id. at 5 (citing 42 C.F.R. §§ 100.3(a), (c)(10)). Respondent further
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).

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agrees that Petitioner has satisfied all legal prerequisites for compensation under the
Vaccine Act. Id. (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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DOCUMENT 2: USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-01390-1
Date issued/filed: 2026-06-08
Pages: 2
Docket text: **RE-DOCKETED 26 FOR PUBLIC AVAILABILITY**PUBLIC ORDER/RULING (Originally filed: 5/8/2026) regarding 22 Ruling on Entitlement Signed by Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran. (fm) Service on parties made.
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Case 1:25-vv-01390-UNJ Document 28 Filed 06/08/26 Page 1 of 2
In the United States Court of Federal Claims
OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS
No. 25-1390V
ROBERT HETTERICH, Chief Special Master Corcoran
Petitioner,
v. Filed: May 8, 2026
SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES,
Respondent.
Joseph P. Shannon, Shannon Law Group, P.C., Woodridge, IL, for Petitioner.
James Connor Daughton, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for
Respondent.
RULING ON ENTITLEMENT1
On August 20, 2025, Robert Hetterich 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 an influenza (“flu”) vaccine he received on December 11, 2023. Petition at 1. The
case was assigned to the Special Processing Unit of the Office of Special Masters.
On May 7, 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
defined by the Table. Id. at 5 (citing 42 C.F.R. §§ 100.3(a), (c)(10)). Respondent further
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).

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agrees that Petitioner has satisfied all legal prerequisites for compensation under the
Vaccine Act. Id. (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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