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Canonical URL: https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-01786
Package ID: USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-01786
Petitioner: JOHN SCHOLLA
Filed: 2025-10-22
Decided: 2026-06-29
Vaccine: influenza
Vaccination date: 2023-10-16
Condition: Guillain-Barré Syndrome (“GBS”)
Outcome: entitlement_granted_pending_damages
Award amount USD: 

AI-assisted case summary:
John Scholla filed a petition for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program on October 22, 2025, alleging he suffered Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS) after receiving an influenza vaccine on October 16, 2023. He stated that GBS is a defined Table injury and that he experienced residual effects for more than six months post-vaccination. Respondent filed a Rule 4(c) Report on June 29, 2026, conceding that Petitioner is entitled to compensation. Respondent agreed that Petitioner met the criteria for GBS on the Vaccine Injury Table, affording him a presumption of causation. Based on Respondent's concession and the evidence, Chief Special Master Corcoran found Petitioner entitled to compensation.

Theory of causation field:
Table

Public staged source text:

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DOCUMENT 1: USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-01786-0
Date issued/filed: 2026-07-30
Pages: 2
Docket text: PUBLIC ORDER/RULING (Originally filed: 06/29/2026) regarding 20 Ruling on Entitlement Signed by Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran. (nh) Service on parties made.
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Case 1:25-vv-01786-UNJ Document 21 Filed 07/30/26 Page 1 of 2
In the United States Court of Federal Claims
OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS
No. 25-1786V
JOHN SCHOLLA,
Chief Special Master Corcoran
Petitioner,
v. Filed: June 29, 2026
SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES,
Respondent.
Laura Levenberg, Muller Brazil, LLP, Dresher, PA, for Petitioner.
Felicia Langel, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
RULING ON ENTITLEMENT1
On October 22, 2025, John Scholla 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 he suffered Guillain-Barré Syndrome (“GBS”), a
defined Table injury, or in the alternative a caused-in-fact injury, after receiving an
influenza (“flu”) vaccine on October 16, 2023. Petition at 1 ¶¶ 1, 20. Petitioner also alleges
that he received the flu vaccine within the United States, that he suffered the residual
effects of GBS for more than six months post-vaccination, and that neither he nor any
other party has filed a civil action or received compensation for his GBS illness, alleged
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-01786-UNJ Document 21 Filed 07/30/26 Page 2 of 2
as vaccine-related. Id. at ¶¶ 1, 16-18. The case was assigned to the Special Processing
Unit of the Office of Special Masters.
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 believes “that [P]etitioner has satisfied the criteria set forth in
the Vaccine Injury Table and the Qualifications and Aids to Interpretation for GBS, which
afford [P]etitioner a presumption of causation.” Id. at 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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