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Canonical URL: https://vicp-registry.org/case/USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-01963
Package ID: USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-01963
Petitioner: SHARMAN BOWES
Filed: 2025-11-17
Decided: 2026-06-23
Vaccine: influenza
Vaccination date: 2024-09-15
Condition: shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA)
Outcome: entitlement_granted_pending_damages
Award amount USD: 

AI-assisted case summary:
Sharman Bowes filed a petition for compensation on November 17, 2025, alleging a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (SIRVA) after receiving an influenza vaccine on September 15, 2024. The petition stated that the vaccine was administered in the United States, that the residual effects of the SIRVA lasted for more than six months, and that no civil action had been filed. The respondent conceded that the petitioner's alleged injury was consistent with SIRVA as defined by the Vaccine Injury Table and that all legal prerequisites for compensation under the Act had been satisfied. Based on the respondent's concession and the record, the Chief Special Master ruled that the petitioner is entitled to compensation. The case was granted entitlement pending a damages decision.

Theory of causation field:
Table

Public staged source text:

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DOCUMENT 1: USCOURTS-cofc-1_25-vv-01963-0
Date issued/filed: 2026-07-24
Pages: 2
Docket text: PUBLIC ORDER/RULING (Originally filed: 06/23/2026) 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-01963-UNJ Document 18 Filed 07/24/26 Page 1 of 2
In the United States Court of Federal Claims
OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS
No. 25-1963V
SHARMAN BOWES,
Chief Special Master Corcoran
Petitioner,
v. Filed: June 23, 2026
SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND
HUMAN SERVICES,
Respondent.
Laura Levenberg, Muller Brazil, LLP, Dresher, PA, for Petitioner.
Jeffrey Napolean Poulin, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent
RULING ON ENTITLEMENT1
On November 17, 2025, Sharman Bowes 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”), a defined Table injury, after receiving an influenza vaccine on
September 15, 2024. Petition at 1, ¶¶ 1, 14. Petitioner also alleges that she received the
vaccine within the United States, that she suffered the residual effects of her SIRVA for
more than six months, and that neither she nor any other party has filed a civil action or
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-01963-UNJ Document 18 Filed 07/24/26 Page 2 of 2
received compensation for her alleged SIRVA. Id. at ¶¶ 1, 10-12. The case was assigned
to the Special Processing Unit of the Office of Special Masters.
Respondent concedes that Petitioner is entitled to compensation in this case.
Respondent’s Rule 4(c) Report at 1. Respondent “has concluded that [P]etitioner’s
alleged injury is consistent with SIRVA as defined by the Vaccine Injury Table.” Id. at 4.
Respondent adds that “based on the reord as it now stands, [P]etitioner has satisfied all
legal prerequisites for compensation under the Act.” 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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