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Canonical URL: https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-01490
Package ID: USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-01490
Petitioner: Lindsey Hooper
Filed: 2025-09-08
Decided: 2026-05-12
Vaccine: influenza
Vaccination date: 2023-11-08
Condition: shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA)
Outcome: entitlement_granted_pending_damages
Award amount USD: 

AI-assisted case summary:
Lindsey Hooper filed a petition for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program on September 8, 2025. She alleged that she suffered a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) resulting from an influenza vaccination received on November 8, 2023. Petitioner further alleged that she suffered the residual effects of her injury for more than six months. Respondent filed a Rule 4(c) report on April 9, 2026, conceding that Petitioner is entitled to compensation. Respondent stated that Petitioner's alleged injury is consistent with SIRVA as defined by the Vaccine Injury Table, noting no prior history of shoulder issues, pain onset within 48 hours post-vaccination, pain limited to the vaccinated shoulder, and no other identified condition explaining the pain. Respondent also confirmed that Petitioner suffered residual effects for more than six months. Based on Respondent's concession and the record, the Chief Special Master found Petitioner entitled to compensation.

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Public staged source text:

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DOCUMENT 1: USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-01490-0
Date issued/filed: 2026-05-12
Pages: 2
Docket text: PUBLIC ORDER/RULING (Originally filed: 04/10/2026) regarding 16 Ruling on Entitlement. ( Signed by Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran. )(mpj) Service on parties made.
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Case 1:25-vv-01490-UNJ Document 22 Filed 05/12/26 Page 1 of 2
In the United States Court of Federal Claims
OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS
No. 25-1490V
LINDSEY HOOPER, Chief Special Master Corcoran
Petitioner, Filed: April 10, 2026
v.
SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES,
Respondent.
Maximillian J. Muller, Muller Brazil, LLP, Dresher, PA, for Petitioner.
Camille Jordan Webster, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
RULING ON ENTITLEMENT1
On September 8, 2025, Lindsey Hooper 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 an influenza (“flu”) vaccination received on
November 8, 2023. Petition at ¶¶ 1, 14. 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 ¶¶ 10-12.
The case was assigned to the Special Processing Unit of the Office of Special Masters.
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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-01490-UNJ Document 22 Filed 05/12/26 Page 2 of 2
On April 9, 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 were
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. See 42 C.F.R. §§
100.3(a), (c)(10). Additionally, based on the medical records
outlined above, [P]etitioner suffered the residual effects of her
condition for more than six months. See 42 U.S.C. § 300aa-
11(c)(1)(D)(i). 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.
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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