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Canonical URL: https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-01567
Package ID: USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-01567
Petitioner: Ruchma Moonsammy
Filed: 2025-09-22
Decided: 2026-07-09
Vaccine: influenza
Vaccination date: 2024-11-26
Condition: shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA)
Outcome: entitlement_granted_pending_damages
Award amount USD: 

AI-assisted case summary:
Ruchma Moonsammy filed a petition for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program on September 22, 2025, alleging a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) from an influenza vaccine received on November 26, 2024. The petition stated the vaccine was administered in the United States, the injury caused residual effects for more than six months, and no prior award or settlement had been made. The respondent, the Secretary of Health and Human Services, filed a Rule 4(c) report on June 29, 2026, conceding that the petitioner's injury met the criteria for a Table SIRVA claim and that all requirements for compensation under the Vaccine Act were satisfied. Based on the respondent's concession and the evidence, Chief Special Master Corcoran found that the petitioner is entitled to compensation.

Theory of causation field:
Table

Public staged source text:

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DOCUMENT 1: USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-01567-0
Date issued/filed: 2026-08-11
Pages: 2
Docket text: PUBLIC ORDER/RULING (Originally filed: 07/09/2026) 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-01567-UNJ Document 26 Filed 08/11/26 Page 1 of 2
In the United States Court of Federal Claims
OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS
No. 25-1567V
RUCHMA MOONSAMMY,
Chief Special Master Corcoran
Petitioner,
v. Filed: July 9, 2026
SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES,
Respondent.
Alison Haskins, Siri & Glimstad, LLP, Aventura, FL, for Petitioner.
Katherine Edwards, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
RULING ON ENTITLEMENT1
On September 22, 2025, Ruchma Moonsammy 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”) as a result of an influenza vaccine administered on
November 26, 2024. Petition at 1. Petitioner further alleges that the vaccine was
administered within the United States, that he suffered the residual effects of is injury for
more than six months, and that there has been no award or settlement on his behalf as a
result of his injury. Petition at 1, 6-7. 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-01567-UNJ Document 26 Filed 08/11/26 Page 2 of 2
On June 29, 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 has concluded that Petitioner’s injury meets the criteria for a
Table SIRVA claim. Id. at 6. Respondent further agrees that Petitioner has satisfied all
requirements for compensation under the Vaccine Act. Id. at 6-7.
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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