In the United States Court of Federal Claims 

OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS 

No. 21-0521V 

UNPUBLISHED 

ALISON MORA, 

 Petitioner, 

v. 

SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND 

HUMAN SERVICES, 

 Respondent. 

Chief Special Master Corcoran 

Filed: June 22, 2022 

Special Processing Unit (SPU); 

Ruling on Entitlement; Concession; 

Table Injury; Influenza (Flu) Vaccine; 

Shoulder Injury Related to Vaccine 

Administration (SIRVA) 

 

David John Carney, Green & Schafle LLC, Philadelphia, PA, for Petitioner. 

Sarah Black Rifkin, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for Respondent. 

RULING ON ENTITLEMENT1

 On January 11, 2021, Alison Mora 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”), resulting from an influenza (“flu”) vaccine administered to her 

on November 13, 2019. Petition at 1. Petitioner further alleges that she suffered the 

residual effects of her condition for more than six months. Petition at 4. The case was 

assigned to the Special Processing Unit of the Office of Special Masters. 

 On June 21, 2022, 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 states that “petitioner’s injury is consistent with SIRVA as 

1 Because this unpublished Ruling contains a reasoned explanation for the action in this case, I am required 

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). 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 (2012). 
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defined by the Vaccine Injury Table. Specifically, petitioner had no history of pain, 

inflammation, or dysfunction of her left shoulder; pain occurred within 48 hours after 

receipt of an intramuscular vaccination; pain was limited to the shoulder in which the 

vaccine was administered; and no other condition or abnormality has been identified to 

explain petitioner’s shoulder pain”. Id. at 5. Respondent further agrees that Petitioner 

suffered the residual effects of her condition for more than six months and that all 

prerequisites for compensation under the Act have been satisfied. Id. 

 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