Filed: Oct. 27, 2017
Latest Update: Oct. 27, 2017
Summary: UNPUBLISHED RULING ON ENTITLEMENT 1 NORA BETH DORSEY , Chief Special Master . On February 28, 2017, petitioner 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 right shoulder injuries and neuralgia of the right upper extremity caused by the influenza ("flu") and Hepatitis A ("Hep A") vaccinations she received on February 2, 2016. Petition at 1, 2, 14. P
Summary: UNPUBLISHED RULING ON ENTITLEMENT 1 NORA BETH DORSEY , Chief Special Master . On February 28, 2017, petitioner 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 right shoulder injuries and neuralgia of the right upper extremity caused by the influenza ("flu") and Hepatitis A ("Hep A") vaccinations she received on February 2, 2016. Petition at 1, 2, 14. Pe..
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UNPUBLISHED
RULING ON ENTITLEMENT1
NORA BETH DORSEY, Chief Special Master.
On February 28, 2017, petitioner 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 right shoulder injuries and neuralgia of the right upper extremity caused by the influenza ("flu") and Hepatitis A ("Hep A") vaccinations she received on February 2, 2016. Petition at 1, ¶¶ 2, 14. Petitioner further alleges that she received the vaccinations in the United States, suffered the residual effects of her injuries for more than six months, and neither she nor any other party has filed any action or received any compensation for petitioner's injuries alleged as vaccine caused. Id. at ¶¶ 14-16. The case was assigned to the Special Processing Unit of the Office of Special Masters.
On October 27, 2017, 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 "believes that petitioner's alleged injury is consistent with a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration ("SIRVA") and that it was caused-in-fact by the Hepatitis A vaccine she received on February 2, 2016." Id. at 6. Respondent further agrees that "based on the record as it now stands, petitioner has satisfied all legal prerequisites for compensation under the Act." Id.
In view of respondent's position and the evidence of record, the undersigned finds that petitioner is entitled to compensation.
IT IS SO ORDERED.
FootNotes
1. Because this unpublished ruling contains a reasoned explanation for the action in this case, the undersigned intends to post it on the United States Court of Federal Claims' website, in accordance with the E-Government Act of 2002. 44 U.S.C. § 3501 note (2012) (Federal Management and Promotion of Electronic Government Services). 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, the undersigned agrees that the identified material fits within this definition, the undersigned 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 § references to the Vaccine Act will be to the pertinent subparagraph of 42 U.S.C. § 300aa (2012).
