VICP Registry — Searchable Index of U.S. Vaccine Injury Compensation Cases
An independent public index of decisions from the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP), filed in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims under the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986. Source documents are compiled from public court records via GovInfo.gov. Browse cases by petitioner, alleged injury, vaccine, outcome, and award amount. Each entry links to original court documents and an AI-assisted summary. Not affiliated with HHS, VICP, or HRSA.
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| Filed | Final judgement | Petitioner | Attorney | Firm | Age | Vaccine | Condition | Outcome | Special Master | Award |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999-07-26 | 2008-01-31 | Jay Nussman | Clifford J. Shoemaker | – | 14.3y | hepatitis B | confusion of unknown etiology, possible partial seizure, sei | denied | – | – |
| 2000-03-31 | 2003-07-02 | Althen | Ronald C. Homer | – | – | tetanus toxoid | optic neuritis and subsequent demyelinating illness | unclear | Gary J. Golkiewicz | – |
| 2000-06-23 | 2013-05-31 | MARIAN UNDERWOOD, as parent of and legal representative of the Estate of CESAR ZACHARY MORENO, deceaseddeath | Ronald Craig Homer | – | – | hepatitis B | death | denied | Patricia E. Campbell-Smith | – |
| 2000-07-10 | 2003-01-31 | Dylon Finley | not in record | – | 1.2y | MMR | epilepsy and subsequent speech impediment | denied | Laura D. Millman | – |
| 2000-12-11 | 2007-12-14 | Ruby Hopkins | Clifford J. Shoemaker | Shoemaker and Associates | 4.0y | HIB/DTP/OPV | bilateral sensorineural hearing loss | denied | Gary J. Golkiewicz | – |
| 2000-12-11 | 2008-01-07 | Finn Hopkins | Clifford J. Shoemaker | Shoemaker and Associates | 1.6y | HIB, DTP, OPV | bilateral sensorineural hearing loss | denied | Gary J. Golkiewicz | – |
| 2001-04-20 | 2005-05-26 | Richard Piscopo | pro se | – | – | Hepatitis B | immune disorder | denied | John F. Edwards | – |
| 2001-06-14 | 2004-05-03 | Manasseh Micleadeath | Richard Gage | Gage and Moxley, P.C. | 1.2y | MMR | hemophagocytic lymphohistiocystosis (HLH) | unclear | George L. Hastings Jr. | – |
| 2002-01-04 | 2017-08-31 | J.M. and V.M. on behalf of V.J.M. | John F. McHugh | Law Office of John McHugh | 1.0y | MMR | pervasive developmental disorder (“PDD”), not otherwise spec | denied | Nora Beth Dorsey | – |
| 2002-01-31 | 2017-08-31 | JMF | Clifford J. Shoemaker | Shoemaker, Gentry & Knickelbein | 2mo | MMR | autism disorder | dismissed | Nora Beth Dorsey | – |
| 2002-03-21 | 2005-08-31 | Ryan Kelley | Ronald C. Homer | – | 14.0y | tetanus toxoid | Guillain-Barre syndrome, later categorized as chronic inflam | compensated | – | – |
| 2002-05-10 | 2016-05-19 | SRH | Clifford Shoemaker | Shoemaker, Gentry & Knickelbein | 1.3y | Hib | autism spectrum disorder (ASD) | denied | George L. Hastings Jr. | – |
| 2002-08-23 | 2010-06-03 | Esther Hall | Richard Gage | Gage & Moxley, P.C.; Richard Gage, P.C. | – | hepatitis B | brachial plexus neuropathy | compensated | – | – |
| 2002-09-16 | 2011-07-05 | Hayley Gravesdeath | Richard Gage | Richard Gage, P.C. | 9mo | Prevnar | seizures, intractable seizures, status epilepticus, hypoxic | compensated | Christian J. Moran | – |
| 2002-10-01 | 2017-05-05 | R.A. | Sylvia Chin-Caplan | Law Office of Sylvia Chin-Caplan | 1.0y | MMR | Autism Spectrum Disorder | denied | Brian H. Corcoran | – |
| 2002-11-15 | 2017-08-31 | I.M.S. | Edward M. Kraus, John F. McHugh | Law Offices of Chicago Kent; Law Office of John McHugh | – | – | autistic disorder (AD) | dismissed | Nora Beth Dorsey | – |
| 2003-01-31 | 2009-10-19 | Devon Stapleford | Ronald C. Homer | Jeffrey S. Thompson, and Thao Da Ho, Conway, Homer & Chin-Caplan, P.C. | 1.1y | varicella | seizure disorder with developmental delay | dismissed | George L. Hastings Jr. | – |
| 2003-02-07 | 2011-06-22 | Tonya L. Jarvis | Clifford J. Shoemaker | Shoemaker & Associates | 30.0y | hepatitis B | neurological injury | denied | Patricia E. Campbell-Smith | – |
| 2003-03-26 | 2016-02-12 | A.K. | John F. McHugh | Law Office of John McHugh | 2.0y | influenza | Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) | denied | Denise K. Vowell | – |
| 2003-05-07 | 2017-08-31 | J.H.R. and H.R.K. | John F. McHugh | Law Office of John McHugh | – | MMR | autistic disorder; pervasive developmental disorder, not oth | dismissed | Nora Beth Dorsey | – |
| 2003-12-31 | 2018-08-09 | Eilise Moriarty | Clifford J. Shoemaker | Shoemaker, Gentry & Knickelbein | 4.0y | MMR | seizure disorder and encephalopathy with decline in cognitiv | compensated | Christian J. Moran | $1,567,111 |
| 2004-01-23 | 2004-01-23 | Christopher | Stephanie J. Hartley | Spohrer, Wilner, Maxwell & Matthews, P.A. | – | MMR | acute encephalopathy | dismissed | – | – |
| 2004-02-27 | 2017-08-31 | U.L. | Milton Clay Ragsdale, IV | Ragsdale LLC | – | MMR | autistic disorder | dismissed | Nora Beth Dorsey | – |
| 2004-03-12 | 2015-07-02 | N.B. | Clifford Shoemaker | Shoemaker, Gentry & Knickelbein | 1.0y | MMR | autism spectrum disorder | denied | George L. Hastings Jr. | – |
| 2004-06-10 | 2017-08-31 | LEIGH EWORONSKY, parent of A.E., a minor | Clifford J. Shoemaker | Shoemaker, Gentry & Knickelbein | – | MMR | Autistic Disorder (AD); pervasive developmental disorder (PD | dismissed | Denise K. Vowell | – |
| 2004-07-06 | 2016-01-19 | DAC | Clifford Shoemaker, Thao Ho, Harry G. Potter | – | 7mo | DTP | autism spectrum disorder | denied | George L. Hastings Jr. | – |
| 2004-08-13 | 2007-01-18 | Adams | Clifford J. Shoemaker | Renee J. Gentry, Shoemaker and Associates | 0mo | Hepatitis B | seizure disorder | compensated | – | – |
| 2004-10-25 | 2015-05-01 | Ilya Dobrydnev | not in record | – | – | hepatitis B | chronic fatigue syndrome | compensated | – | $65,000 |
| 2004-11-29 | 2019-05-24 | C.A.P. | Clifford Shoemaker | Shoemaker, Gentry & Knickelbein | 5mo | DTaP | encephalopathy | dismissed | Nora Beth Dorsey | – |
| 2005-01-10 | 2007-04-24 | April Spates | Thomas P. Gallagher | – | 26.1y | MMR | miscarriage | denied | – | – |
| 2005-01-18 | 2008-07-24 | Jody L. Nordwalldeath | John F. McHugh | – | 1mo | DTaP | death from positional asphyxia | denied | Christian J. Moran | – |
| 2005-01-21 | 2017-05-23 | A.H.T. | Andrew D. Downing | Van Cott & Talamante, PLLC | 0mo | hepatitis B | mitochondrial disorder aggravated by vaccination, leading to | denied | Denise K. Vowell | – |
| 2005-02-10 | 2017-08-31 | Richard Kristopher Young and Christina Young, Parents of K.L.Y., a Minor | Clifford J. Shoemaker | Shoemaker, Gentry & Knickelbein | – | MMR | autistic disorder | dismissed | Nora Beth Dorsey | – |
| 2005-02-28 | 2014-12-29 | E.L.M. | not in record | – | – | – | autism spectrum disorder (ASD) | dismissed | – | – |
| 2005-03-30 | 2008-06-26 | Kelly Boley | Ronald C. Homer | – | 29.0y | hepatitis B | neurological injuries and emotional distress | dismissed | Laura D. Millman | – |
| 2005-05-27 | 2018-11-27 | HOLLY AUSTIN, parent of K.A., a minor | Robert J. Krakow | Law Office of Robert J. Krakow, P.C. | 7mo | DTaP | encephalopathy, seizure disorder, developmental regression, | dismissed | Brian H. Corcoran | – |
| 2005-06-07 | 2010-03-19 | Pamela Doyle on behalf of Katelyn | Peter Harwood Meyers | National Law Center | 1.0y | MMR; varicella | idiopathic thrombocytopenic purpura (ITP) | denied | Gary J. Golkiewicz | – |
| 2005-06-22 | 2009-12-22 | Taylor Avila | Robert T. Moxley | Robert T. Moxley, P.C. | – | DtaP | seizure syndrome | denied | George L. Hastings Jr. | – |
| 2005-10-05 | 2016-04-25 | M.M. | Patricia A. Finn | Patricia Finn, P.C. | 1.4y | DTaP and MMR | encephalopathy, developmental regression | denied | Brian H. Corcoran | – |
| 2006-05-08 | 2017-11-22 | J.H. | John F. McHugh | Law Office of John McHugh | 9mo | influenza (two half-doses, ped | neurological degeneration, loss of motor skills and body con | denied | George L. Hastings Jr. | – |
| 2006-06-01 | 2014-08-13 | M.L. | Joseph M. Pepper, Curtis R. Webb | – | – | DTaP | – | denied | Nora Beth Dorsey | – |
| 2006-07-17 | 2011-02-17 | Robert Veryzer | Alan C. Milstein | – | 41.0y | Hepatitis A | fever and chills, severe pain and physical injuries, progres | unclear | Richard B. Abell | – |
| 2006-10-20 | 2015-09-14 | Aydien Cliff Omidvar | Curtis R. Webb | Curtis R. Webb, Attorney at Law | 4mo | DTaP | Dravet syndrome | denied | Christian J. Moran | – |
| 2006-11-06 | 2012-09-25 | William R. Miller | not in record | – | 1.3y | DTaP and MMR | seizure disorder, possible pervasive developmental disorder, | denied | George L. Hastings Jr. | – |
| 2006-12-07 | 2016-03-04 | Dreyton Jakes | Neal J. Fialkow | – | 6.0y | influenza | neurological injuries, specifically problems with eyesight | entitlement_granted_pending_damages | Lisa D. Hamilton-Fieldman | – |
| 2006-12-12 | 2015-03-31 | B.L. | Curtis R. Webb | Curtis R. Webb, Attorney at Law | 4mo | DTaP | acute disseminated encephalomyelitis (ADEM) | compensated | Christian J. Moran | $1,060,424 |
| 2006-12-21 | 2012-09-26 | Claire Barnette | Michael G. McLaren | Black McLaren Jones Ryland & Griffee, P.C. | 3mo | DTaP/IPV/Hep B, Hib, and Prevn | Dravet Syndrome | denied | – | – |
| 2007-01-03 | 2011-06-24 | Stacey Heinzelman | Richard Gage | Richard Gage, P.C. | 32.0y | influenza | Guillain-Barré syndrome (GBS) | compensated | – | – |
| 2007-01-19 | 2015-05-27 | JD | Herbert Waichman | Parker Waichman LLP | 1.0y | varicella | autism spectrum disorder | denied | George L. Hastings Jr. | – |
| 2007-01-19 | 2015-06-08 | LD | Patricia A. Finn | Patricia A. Finn, P.C. | 1.0y | varicella | autism and related conditions | denied | George L. Hastings Jr. | – |
| 2007-01-24 | 2014-06-02 | N.S. | Ronald C. Homer | Conway, Homer & Chin-Caplan, P.C. | – | DTaP | seizure disorder | denied | Christian J. Moran | – |
| 2007-01-24 | 2014-06-02 | Frank Harris, parent of Jordan Harris | Ronald C. Homer | Conway, Homer & Chin-Caplan, P.C. | – | DTaP | seizure disorder | compensated | Christian J. Moran | – |
| 2007-02-08 | 2019-05-01 | N.W. | not in record | – | – | DPT, MMR | developmental delays, physical injuries, and development of | dismissed | – | – |
| 2007-03-01 | 2009-08-18 | Dr. Peter Broekelschen | Lisa A Roquemore | – | 63.4y | influenza | anterior spinal artery syndrome | denied | Christian J. Moran | – |
| 2007-03-13 | 2011-03-04 | Rachel Hammitt | Curtis R. Webb | – | 4mo | DTaP | Severe Myoclonic Epilepsy of Infancy (SMEI) | denied | Gary J. Golkiewicz | – |
| 2007-06-01 | 2011-07-22 | W.C. | Sylvia Chin-Caplan and Meredith Daniels | Conway, Homer, & Chin-Caplan, P.C. | 34.0y | influenza | multiple sclerosis | denied | – | – |
| 2007-06-28 | 2014-01-13 | JOAN CAVES | not in record | – | – | – | – | compensated | – | $6,653 |
| 2007-06-28 | 2011-08-24 | Jennifer Hibbard | Sylvia Chin-Caplan | Conway, Homer & Chin-Caplan, P.C. | 41.7y | influenza | dysautonomia | denied | Christian J. Moran | – |
| 2007-06-28 | 2010-07-12 | Marilyn Davis | Ronald C. Homer | Conway, Homer & Chin-Caplan, P.C. | 58.0y | influenza | neuromyelitis optica | denied | – | – |
| 2007-06-28 | 2009-10-26 | Frances Campbell | Michael A. London | Douglas & London, P.C. | 46.3y | influenza | rheumatoid arthritis | unclear | – | – |
| 2007-08-14 | 2015-06-15 | Matthew Ramirez | Curtis R. Webb | Curtis R. Webb, Attorney at Law | 6mo | DTaP | Dravet syndrome | denied | Christian J. Moran | – |
| 2007-10-29 | 2017-08-31 | M.P. and P.P., in their own right and Best Friends of their Son, C.R.P. | John F. McHugh | Law Office of John McHugh | – | MMR | autistic disorder | dismissed | Nora Beth Dorsey | – |
| 2007-11-09 | 2016-01-21 | B.G.S. | Barrett J. Clisby | – | 1.3y | Hib | neurodevelopmental disorder that falls within the category o | denied | George L. Hastings Jr. | – |
| 2007-11-15 | 2014-07-22 | B.E. | not in record | – | 3mo | MMR | Pervasive Developmental Disorder-Not Otherwise Specified (PD | dismissed | – | $49,149 |
| 2007-11-19 | 2015-08-19 | PETER and CHERIE NUTTALL, as the legal representatives of their minor son, N.N. | Curtis R. Webb | Curtis R. Webb, Attorney at Law | 4.2y | MMR | severe neurologic disorder, diagnosed as childhood disintegr | denied | George L. Hastings Jr. | – |
| 2007-12-21 | 2016-01-08 | Karl Paluck | Sheila A. Bjorklund | Lommen Abdo Law Firm | 1.0y | – | mitochondrial problem, aggravated mitochondrial disorder | compensated | Christian J. Moran | $48,000 |
| 2008-01-14 | 2014-12-08 | JG | pro se | – | 1.0y | MMR | autism spectrum disorder (ASD) | dismissed | George L. Hastings Jr. | – |
| 2008-02-06 | 2014-04-29 | K.S.W. | David L. Terzian | Rawls, McNelis & Mitchell, P.C.; Rawls McNelis & Mitchell | 4mo | Pediarix | refractory mixed seizure disorder | compensated | Nora Beth Dorsey | – |
| 2008-02-25 | 2015-11-03 | HH | Michael L. Cave | Cave Law Firm | 6mo | DTaP | neurodevelopmental disorder | denied | George L. Hastings Jr. | – |
| 2008-03-03 | 2018-04-05 | T.A.O. | not in record | – | – | childhood vaccinations | autism or autism spectrum disorder (“ASD”) | compensated | – | $78,587 |
| 2008-03-18 | 2014-04-24 | James Holmes | Richard Gage, Donald Gerstein | – | 14.0y | Td | seizure disorder | denied | Denise K. Vowell | – |
| 2008-03-26 | 2018-06-22 | C.J.K. | Richard Gage | Richard Gage, P.C. | 1.1y | influenza | immune system dysfunction, or hypogammaglobulinemia | dismissed | Brian H. Corcoran | – |
| 2008-04-17 | 2016-08-09 | A.P.M. | Robert Joel Krakow | Law Office of Robert J. Krakow, P.C. | 1.5y | DTaP | autistic regression, apraxia of speech, and Autism Spectrum | denied | Brian H. Corcoran | – |
| 2008-04-22 | 2015-08-06 | S.H. | Elaine W. Sharp | Whitfield, Sharp & Sharp | – | DTaP | Autism spectrum disorder; mitochondrial disorder | denied | Denise K. Vowell | – |
| 2008-04-22 | 2015-08-06 | O.H. | Elaine W. Sharp | Whitfield, Sharp & Sharp | – | MMR | autism spectrum disorder | dismissed | Denise K. Vowell | – |
| 2008-06-06 | 2018-04-20 | S.G. | not in record | – | – | MMR | encephalopathy and chronic inflammatory bowel syndrome resul | compensated | – | $21,535 |
| 2008-07-11 | 2016-02-19 | L.V. | Robert Joel Krakow | Law Office of Robert J. Krakow, P.C. | 1.8y | influenza | Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) following flu vaccine, possib | denied | Brian H. Corcoran | – |
| 2008-08-01 | 2015-07-22 | C.L. | Sheila A. Bjorklund | Lommen Abdo Law Firm | 5mo | influenza | autism spectrum disorder; autoimmune encephalopathy | denied | Denise K. Vowell | – |
| 2008-08-26 | 2014-06-20 | Lakeysha Isaac | Renee J. Gentry | Shoemaker and Associates | – | Td | Guillain-Barré Syndrome (GBS) | denied | Christian J. Moran | – |
| 2008-09-12 | 2018-02-23 | Carson Nicholsdeath | Marc L. Silverman | Marc L. Silverman, Attorney at Law | 4mo | DTaP, Hib, IPV (polio), PCV-7 | death | denied | Christian J. Moran | – |
| 2008-09-15 | 2018-12-04 | I.R. | Anne Carrion Toale | Maglio, Christopher & Toale; Maglio Christopher and Toale | 1.0y | ProQuad | significant aggravation of a mitochondrial disorder | denied | Nora Beth Dorsey | – |
| 2008-09-30 | 2014-11-10 | Eileen Callahan | Richard H. Moeller | Moore, Corbett, Heffernan, Moeller & Meis LLP | 45.2y | MMR | multiple sclerosis (MS) | dismissed | Laura D. Millman | – |
| 2008-10-14 | 2015-10-22 | Ida Mosley | Diana L. Stadelnikas Sedar | Mctlaw | 45.0y | Td | transverse myelitis | compensated | Laura D. Millman | – |
| 2008-11-04 | 2015-02-09 | B.C.L. | Sheila Bjorklund | Lommen Abdo Law Firm | 7.2y | influenza | autism spectrum disorder (ASD) / pervasive developmental dis | denied | George L. Hastings Jr. | – |
| 2008-11-17 | 2014-04-30 | RWC | Lawrence Gene Michel | – | 1.4y | MMR | autism spectrum disorder | denied | George L. Hastings Jr. | – |
| 2008-12-04 | 2017-04-25 | Lisa Turner | Michael G. McLaren | Black McLaren, et al.; Black McLaren Jones Ryland & Griffee, P.C. | 34.0y | Hepatitis B | multiple sclerosis, optic neuritis | compensated | Thomas L. Gowen | $1,022,331 |
| 2008-12-04 | 2014-03-07 | ANTHONY CALISE, Personal Representative of the Estate of LISA CALISE, Deceased | Ronald C. Homer | Conway, Homer, P.C. | – | – | – | compensated | Laura D. Millman | $68,600 |
| 2008-12-11 | 2014-09-10 | J.A.V. | Donald M. Gerstein | Richard Gage, P.C. | – | – | encephalopathy | dismissed | Denise K. Vowell | – |
| 2009-01-16 | 2014-09-08 | Amy Crutchfield | John F. McHugh | Law Office of John McHugh | 35.0y | MMR | Type 1 diabetes mellitus | denied | George L. Hastings Jr. | – |
| 2009-03-05 | 2018-09-05 | T.J.R. | not in record | – | 6mo | – | pervasive developmental disorder | denied | – | $228 |
| 2009-03-19 | 2016-02-03 | ZENORIA PHILLIPS DELOATCH, As Personal Representative of the Estate of MOSHELLA F. ROBERTSdeath | F. John Caldwell, Jr. | F. John Caldwell, P.A. | 20.4y | HPV | death | dismissed | Laura D. Millman | – |
| 2009-03-23 | 2014-11-05 | Justin W. Gerhardt | Richard Gage | Richard Gage P.C. (WY) | 23.0y | multiple | encephalitis and related illnesses | compensated | Brian H. Corcoran | $125,307 |
| 2009-05-11 | 2015-05-22 | Rachel McCulloch | Sylvia Chin-Caplan, Ronald C. Homer, Christina Ciampolillo | Conway, Homer & Chin-Caplan, P.C.; Conway Homer, P.C. | 12.0y | HPV | autoimmune limbic encephalitis, intractable epilepsy, and su | compensated | Thomas L. Gowen | $1,428,188 |
| 2009-05-11 | 2013-02-22 | KELLY ARANGO, Parent of, ISABELA OROZCO, a Minor | David E. Marmelstein | David E. Marmelstein & Associates | 4mo | DTaP | infantile spasms, hypsarrhythmia, hypotonia, and development | denied | Christian J. Moran | – |
| 2009-05-12 | 2015-01-15 | V.C. | Andrew Downing | Hennelly & Steadman, P.C. | 2.0y | hepatitis A | autism spectrum disorder | dismissed | Denise K. Vowell | – |
| 2009-06-12 | 2017-07-31 | Forrest Q. Spahn | Paul S. Dannenberg | Law Offices of Paul S. Dannenberg | 15.4y | tetanus-diphtheria | significant aggravation of obsessive-compulsive disorder ("O | denied | Christian J. Moran | – |
| 2009-06-29 | 2013-04-08 | David A. Brown | Lisa A. Roquemore | Law Office of Lisa A. Roquemore | – | flu | acute disseminated encephalomyelitis | compensated | Laura D. Millman | $111,435 |
| 2009-06-30 | 2013-05-28 | Mildred Lawrence | Richard Gage | Richard Gage, P.C. | – | hepatitis B | rheumatologic injuries | denied | George L. Hastings Jr. | – |
| 2009-07-01 | 2015-02-25 | Amber Roberts | Thomas Kelly Herren | Herren & Adams | 11.0y | Tdap | transverse myelitis | compensated | Brian H. Corcoran | $1,559,000 |
| 2009-07-15 | 2023-10-27 | Jeremy Hodge | Clifford J. Shoemaker, Renee J. Gentry | Shoemaker, Gentry & Knickelbein; Vaccine Injury Clinic, George Washington University Law School | 18.0y | hepatitis B | significant aggravation of preexisting neuroborreliosis | denied | Christian J. Moran | – |
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