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Canonical URL: https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-01478
Package ID: USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-01478
Petitioner: Kandyce Green
Filed: 2025-09-05
Decided: 2026-04-17
Vaccine: Tdap
Vaccination date: 2024-08-08
Condition: shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA)
Outcome: entitlement_granted_pending_damages
Award amount USD: 

AI-assisted case summary:
Kandyce Green filed a petition for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program on September 5, 2025. She alleged that a Tdap vaccination received on August 8, 2024, caused a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA). Ms. Green further alleged that she suffered residual effects of her injury for more than six months and that no prior award or settlement had been made for her injury. On April 16, 2026, the Respondent conceded that Ms. Green is entitled to compensation. The Respondent's report confirmed that her injury was consistent with SIRVA, noting no prior shoulder issues, pain within 48 hours post-vaccination, reduced range of motion limited to the vaccinated shoulder, and no other identified cause. The Respondent also confirmed that the residual effects lasted more than six months. Based on the Respondent's concession and the evidence, the Chief Special Master found Kandyce Green entitled to compensation.

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Public staged source text:

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DOCUMENT 1: USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-01478-0
Date issued/filed: 2026-05-19
Pages: 2
Docket text: PUBLIC ORDER/RULING (Originally filed: 04/17/2026) regarding 16 Ruling on Entitlement. Signed by Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran. (cr) Service on parties made.
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Case 1:25-vv-01478-UNJ Document 20 Filed 05/19/26 Page 1 of 2
In the United States Court of Federal Claims
OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS
No. 25-1478V
KANDYCE GREEN, Chief Special Master Corcoran
Petitioner, Filed: April 17, 2026
v.
SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES,
Respondent.
Leigh Finfer, Muller Brazil, LLP, Dresher, PA, for Petitioner.
Jeremy Mauritzen, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
RULING ON ENTITLEMENT1
On September 5, 2025, Kandyce Green filed a petition for compensation under the
National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, 42 U.S.C. §300aa-10, et seq.2 (the
“Vaccine Act”). Petitioner alleges that she suffered a shoulder injury related to vaccine
administration (“SIRVA”) resulting from the tetanus-diphtheria-acellular pertussis (“Tdap”)
vaccination received on August 8, 2024. Petition at ¶¶ 1, 17. Petitioner further alleges
that she suffered the residual effects of her injury for more than six months, and that there
has been no prior award or settlement of a civil action on her behalf as a result of her
injury. Id. at ¶¶ 13-15. The case was assigned to the Special Processing Unit of the Office
of Special Masters.
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-01478-UNJ Document 20 Filed 05/19/26 Page 2 of 2
On April 16, 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 states that,
[the Division of Injury Compensation Programs] has
concluded that [P]etitioner’s alleged injury is consistent with
SIRVA as defined by the Vaccine Injury Table. Specifically,
[P]etitioner had no history of pain, inflammation, or
dysfunction of her left shoulder prior to vaccination; pain
occurred within forty-eight hours after receipt of an
intramuscular vaccination; pain and reduced ROM was limited
to the shoulder in which the vaccine was administered; and
no other condition or abnormality has been identified to
explain [P]etitioner’s shoulder pain. 42 C.F.R. §§
100.3(a)(I)(C), (c)(10). Additionally, based on the medical
records outlined above, [P]etitioner suffered the residual
effects of her condition for more than six months. Therefore,
based on the record as it now stands, [P]etitioner has satisfied
all legal prerequisites for compensation under the Act. See 42
U.S.C. § 300aa- 11(c)(1)(D)(i), -13(a)(1)(B).
Id. at 4-5.
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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