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Canonical URL: https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-01807
Package ID: USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-01807
Petitioner: Tammy Rebecca Hammond
Filed: 2025-10-24
Decided: 2026-06-15
Vaccine: influenza
Vaccination date: 2024-09-17
Condition: shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA)
Outcome: entitlement_granted_pending_damages
Award amount USD: 

AI-assisted case summary:
Tammy Rebecca Hammond filed a petition for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, alleging she suffered a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) after receiving an influenza vaccine on September 17, 2024. She claimed residual effects lasting more than six months. Respondent conceded that Petitioner is entitled to compensation for a Table SIRVA, noting that she had no prior shoulder issues, the pain occurred within 48 hours of vaccination, was limited to the vaccination side, and no other condition explained the pain. Based on Respondent's concession and the record, the Chief Special Master found Petitioner entitled to compensation. The case was resolved on entitlement, with damages to be determined.

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Public staged source text:

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DOCUMENT 1: USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-01807-0
Date issued/filed: 2026-07-21
Pages: 2
Docket text: PUBLIC ORDER/RULING (Originally filed: 06/15/2026) 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-01807-UNJ Document 19 Filed 07/21/26 Page 1 of 2
In the United States Court of Federal Claims
OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS
No. 25-1807V
TAMMY REBECCA HAMMOND, Chief Special Master Corcoran
Petitioner, Filed: June 15, 2026
v.
SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES,
Respondent.
Jeffrey S. Pop, Jeffrey S. Pop & Associates, Beverly Hills, CA, for Petitioner.
Camille Michelle Collett, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
RULING ON ENTITLEMENT1
On October 24, 2025, Tammy Rebecca Hammond 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”) following receipt of an influenza (“flu”) vaccine on
September 17, 2024. Petition at ¶¶ 6, 49. 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 ¶¶ 48,
52. 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-01807-UNJ Document 19 Filed 07/21/26 Page 2 of 2
On June 13, 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,
Respondent recommends that [P]etitioner be found entitled to
compensation for a Table SIRVA. Petitioner had no history of
pain, inflammation, or dysfunction of her right shoulder prior
to vaccination that would explain [P]etitioner’s post-
vaccination symptoms; shoulder pain occurred within forty-
eight hours after receipt of an intramuscular flu vaccination;
shoulder pain and reduced range of motion were limited to the
side in which the vaccine was administered; and no other
condition or abnormality has been identified to explain
petitioner’s shoulder pain. See 42 C.F.R. § 100.3(a)(XIV)(B),
(c)(10). Additionally, [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 current record,
petitioner has satisfied all requirements for compensation
under the Act. See 42 U.S.C. § 300aa-13(a)(1)(A-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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