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Canonical URL: https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-01961
Package ID: USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-01961
Petitioner: Veronica Holley
Filed: 2025-11-17
Decided: 2026-06-23
Vaccine: influenza
Vaccination date: 2024-12-09
Condition: shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA)
Outcome: entitlement_granted_pending_damages
Award amount USD: 

AI-assisted case summary:
Veronica Holley filed a petition for compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program on November 17, 2025, alleging she suffered a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) following an influenza vaccination on December 9, 2024. She further alleged that the residual effects of her injury persisted longer than six months. Respondent filed a Rule 4(c) report conceding that Petitioner is entitled to compensation for a Table SIRVA. Respondent noted that Petitioner had no prior history of shoulder pain, that her pain occurred within forty-eight hours after vaccination, and that her symptoms were limited to the side of vaccination. Respondent agreed that Petitioner met all requirements for compensation under the Act. Based on Respondent's concession and the record, the Chief Special Master found Petitioner entitled to compensation, with damages to be determined.

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Public staged source text:

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DOCUMENT 1: USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-01961-0
Date issued/filed: 2026-07-24
Pages: 2
Docket text: PUBLIC ORDER/RULING (Originally filed: 06/23/2026) regarding 19 Ruling on Entitlement ( Signed by Chief Special Master Brian H. Corcoran. )(mpj) Service on parties made.
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Case 1:25-vv-01961-UNJ Document 27 Filed 07/24/26 Page 1 of 2
In the United States Court of Federal Claims
OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS
No. 25-1961V
VERONICA HOLLEY,
Chief Special Master Corcoran
Petitioner,
v. Filed: June 23, 2026
SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES,
Respondent.
John Beaulieu, Siri & Glimstad, LLP, Louisville, KY, for Petitioner.
Madison Murray, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent.
RULING ON ENTITLEMENT1
On November 17, 2025, Veronica Holley 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 an influenza vaccination she received on December 9,
2024. Petition at 1. Petitioner further alleges that the residual effects of her vaccine-
related injury have persisted longer than six months. Id. at ¶ 27. The case was assigned
to the Special Processing Unit of the Office of Special Masters.
On June 22, 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.
Respondent states that he “recommends that Petitioner be found entitled to
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-01961-UNJ Document 27 Filed 07/24/26 Page 2 of 2
compensation for a Table SIRVA. Petitioner had no history of pain, inflammation, or
dysfunction of her right shoulder prior to vaccination that would explain her post-
vaccination symptoms; shoulder pain occurred within forty-eight hours after receipt of an
intramuscular flu vaccination; shoulder pain and reduced ROM 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.” Id. at 4. Respondent further agrees that,
based on the current record, Petitioner has satisfied all requirements for compensation
under the Act.” Id.
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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