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Off-Table causation wins

Live · 13,358 cases in database · latest filing 2026-05-12

The citable precedent set for causation-in-fact. These are the reasoned decisions in which a Special Master found, under Althen v. HHS, that a vaccine more likely than not caused an injury that is not on the Vaccine Injury Table, or fell outside its onset window. Filter by condition and vaccine to find the decisions, Special Masters and experts behind a theory that has already succeeded.

Off-Table wins
168
reasoned decisions finding causation
Shown
40
after filters
Conditions
14
distinct categories
With named expert
55
petitioner expert identified in text
Off-Table causation wins by condition
Reasoned decisions where the petitioner proved causation without a Table presumption.

Decisions

DecidedCaseVaccineConditionSpecial MasterPetitioner's expert(s)BasisAward
2026-01-21JAMES PATTERSONInfluenzaSIRVABrian H. Corcorannot identifiedOff-Tableentitlement
2025-11-05Teresa MazzaInfluenzaSIRVABrian H. Corcorannot identifiedOff-Table$115K
2025-09-18Richard Dean HauganInfluenzaSIRVAChristian J. Morannot identifiedOff-Tableentitlement
2024-12-18Jaclyn McNallyInfluenzaSIRVABrian H. Corcorannot identifiedOff-Table$63K
2024-11-05Vanessa MorrisInfluenzaSIRVABrian H. Corcorannot identifiedOff-Table$502K
2024-01-03Benjamin LarsonInfluenzaSIRVAThomas L. Gowennot identifiedOff-Table$60K
2023-06-21Joann ForrestInfluenzaSIRVADaniel T. Hornernot identifiedOff-Table$45K
2023-06-21Steven Lapidus, MDTdapSIRVABrian H. Corcorannot identifiedOff-Table$30K
2023-01-31A.P.MMRSIRVAThomas L. Gowennot identifiedOff-Table$41K
2022-11-09Robert GalanteInfluenzaSIRVAThomas L. Gowennot identifiedOff-Tableentitlement
2022-10-26Nancy RisslerPneumococcalSIRVAHerbrina Sanders Youngnot identifiedOff-Table$40K
2022-08-09Lisa ColbertTdapSIRVADaniel T. Hornernot identifiedOff-Table$58K
2022-05-25James LagleInfluenzaSIRVAThomas L. Gowennot identifiedOff-Tableentitlement
2021-01-25Jeffrey SchaferInfluenzaSIRVANora Beth Dorseynot identifiedOff-Tableentitlement
2020-12-09Melissa BishopInfluenzaSIRVANora Beth Dorseynot identifiedOff-Table$53K
2020-10-20Scott TaylorTdapSIRVANora Beth Dorseynot identifiedOff-Tableentitlement
2020-09-23Lori SchoonoverInfluenzaSIRVANora Beth Dorseynot identifiedOff-Table$230K
2020-08-05Jean GentileInfluenzaSIRVANora Beth Dorseynot identifiedOff-Table$96K
2020-07-30Kavita DesaiInfluenzaSIRVAThomas L. GowenMark S. McNultyOff-Tableentitlement
2019-11-20Michael RayTd/TetanusSIRVANora Beth Dorseynot identifiedOff-Table$128K
2019-09-30Maya SandovalInfluenzaSIRVAThomas L. Gowennot identifiedOff-Table$369K
2019-09-04Monica PorteeInfluenzaSIRVANora Beth Dorseynot identifiedOff-Table$116K
2019-08-07Deborah KentInfluenzaSIRVANora Beth Dorseynot identifiedOff-Table$83K
2019-07-08Elizabeth SchandelInfluenzaSIRVANora Beth Dorseynot identifiedOff-Table$86K
2019-06-12Wendy BordersInfluenzaSIRVANora Beth Dorseynot identifiedOff-Table$70K
2019-05-07Cheryl GillInfluenzaSIRVANora Beth Dorseynot identifiedOff-Table$70K
2019-04-02Courtney P. BinetteInfluenzaSIRVANora Beth Dorseynot identifiedOff-Table$178K
2018-11-07Jodi CooperHepatitis ASIRVANora Beth Dorseynot identifiedOff-Table$114K
2018-10-18Gail DirksenInfluenzaSIRVANora Beth Dorseynot identifiedOff-Table$87K
2018-09-13Shelly A. ChmielewskiPneumococcalSIRVANora Beth Dorseynot identifiedOff-Table$135K
2018-08-29Wossen TarikuInfluenzaSIRVANora Beth Dorseynot identifiedOff-Table$70K
2018-03-26Deborah MarinoInfluenzaSIRVANora Beth Dorseynot identifiedOff-Table$75K
2018-02-07Christi JewellTdapSIRVANora Beth Dorseynot identifiedOff-Table$82K
2018-02-01Amrit DhanoaInfluenzaSIRVANora Beth Dorseynot identifiedOff-Table$96K
2018-01-11Diane ScottInfluenzaSIRVANora Beth Dorseynot identifiedOff-Table$70K
2017-12-01Steven ZebofskyInfluenzaSIRVANora Beth Dorseynot identifiedOff-Table$55K
2017-10-31Betty D. BackmanInfluenzaSIRVANora Beth Dorseynot identifiedOff-Table$45K
2016-10-04Diane C. PerlInfluenzaSIRVANora Beth Dorseynot identifiedOff-Table$100K
2016-03-21Leigha RomigTdapSIRVANora Beth Dorseynot identifiedOff-Table$82K
2014-06-27Raithe PaceInfluenzaSIRVANora Beth Dorseynot identifiedOff-Table$95K
Selection rule. A case is listed when a Special Master issued a reasoned decision in the petitioner's favour and either the extracted theory of causation is Off-Table, or the decision text applies the Althen test. Where the text also discusses a Table injury the Basis column says so; some of those are alternative holdings or Table claims with an Althen fallback, so check the decision. SIRVA rulings are included only when explicitly Off-Table (pre-2017 shoulder claims). Expert names are read from the decision text where the opinion attributes them to the petitioner; absence means the text did not name one in a recognisable form, not that none testified. Verify against the linked decision before citing.

How off-Table causation is decided

When an injury is not on the Vaccine Injury Table, or falls outside its onset window, the petitioner must prove causation under the three-part test from Althen v. Secretary of HHS (Fed. Cir. 2005): a medical theory connecting the vaccine to the injury, a logical sequence of cause and effect in this petitioner's case, and a medically appropriate interval between vaccination and onset. The standard is preponderance of the evidence, and the Special Master weighs competing expert reports rather than requiring epidemiological proof.

That makes prior reasoned decisions the working precedent of the program. A theory accepted for a given vaccine and condition is easier to carry the second time, and the experts who carried it are the ones later petitioners retain. Decisions are not formally binding on other Special Masters, but they are cited constantly, and the Court of Federal Claims and the Federal Circuit review them for arbitrariness rather than re-trying the facts.