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ATY CORREA , * UNPUBLISHED * Petitioner , * No. 19-592V
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v. * Special Master Dorsey * SECRETARY OF HEALTH * Decis ion Based on Stipulation; Influenza AND HUMAN SERVICES, * (“ Flu ” ) Vaccine; Transverse Myelitis * ( “T M” ). Respondent. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Diana Lynn Stadelnikas, Maglio Christopher and Toale, PA , Sarasota, FL , for petit io ner. Ryan Daniel Pyles , US De partmen t of Justice, Washington, DC, for respondent.

DE CISION BASED ON STIPULATION 1

On April 22, 2019, Katy Correa (“ petitioner ”) filed a petiti on in the National Vaccine Injury Program 2 alleging that as a result of an influenza (“fl u ”) vaccine adm in istered on November 23, 2016, s he suffered transverse myelitis ( “ TM ” ). Petition at 1-3 (ECF No. 1).

On February 15, 2022 , the parties filed a st ipu lation rec ommendin g an award of compensat ion to petitioner. Stipulatio n (ECF N o. 58). Respondent denies the flu vaccine cause d petitioner ’ s alleged TM and/or any other injury. Never t heless , the parties agree t o the joint

1 B ecause this Decis ion contains a reas o ned ex planation for the action in this case, the undersigned is required to post it on the United States Court o f Federal Cla ims’ website in accordance with t he E -Government Act of 2002. 44 U.S.C. § 3501 note (2012) (F ederal Management and Promotion of El ectr oni c Government Services). This means the D e cision will be available to anyone wit h access to the Internet. In accordance with Vaccine Rul e 18(b), petit ioner has 14 days to identify and mov e to redact m e dical or o ther information, the disclosu re of w hich would constitute an unwarranted invasion of privacy. If, upon review, the undersigned agrees that the iden tifie d materi al fits within this definit ion, the undersigned w ill redact such mater ial from publi c access

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2 The Nati onal Vaccine Inj ury Compensation Program is set forth in Part 2 of the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986, Pub. L. No. 99-660, 100 Stat. 3755, codified as amended, 42 U.S.C. §§ 300aa-10 to -34 (2012) (“Vaccine Act” or “the Act”). All citations in this D ecision to individual sections of the Vaccine Act are to 42 U.S.C.A. § 300aa. 

# In the **U nited**  **States C**  **ourt**

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OFFICE O F S PECIAL M ASTERS Filed: February 15, 20222 stipulation, attached h ereto as Ap pendix A. The undersigned finds the stipula tion reasonable and adopts it as the decision of th e C o urt in awarding damages, on the terms set forth t herei n.

T he parties stipulate th a t peti ti oners shall receive the following compensation:
(1 ) A lum p sum of $50,000.00 in the form of a check payab le to petitioner

. Th is amount represents compensation f or all d am ages that would b e available under 42 U.S .C. § 300aa-15(a). Stipulation at ¶ 8.

Th e undersigned approves the r equested am ount for petition er ’s com pensation. Accordingly, an award should be ma de consistent wi th the stipulation.

I n the absen c e of a m ot ion for review fi led pursuant to RCFC App endix B, the Cle rk of Court SHALL ENTER JUDG M ENT in accordance with the terms of th e parties’ stipul ation. 3

IT I S SO ORD ERED.

s/Nora B. Do rsey N ora B. Dorsey Special M a ster

3 Pursuant to Vaccine Rule 11(a), entry of judgment is ex pedited by the parties’ joi nt filin g of notice renouncing the right to seek re view.