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* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * CHER YL CONKLE , * * Petitioner , * * v. * * UNPUBLISHED
No. 17-1001V Special Master Dorsey Decision Based on Stipulation; SECRETARY OF HEALTH * I nfluenza ( “ F lu ” ) Vaccine: Tr an sverse AND HUMAN SERVICES, * Myelitis ( “ TM ” ) * Respondent. * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
Ron C. Homer , Conway, Ho mer , P.C. , Boston , MA , for petit ioner

. Adriana R. T e i tel , U

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. Department of Justi ce, Washington, DC , for respondent.
DECISION BASED ON STIPULATION 1
On J uly 25 , 201 7 , Cheryl Conkle ( “petitioner ”) , filed a petition in the National Vacc ine Injury Co mpensation Program. 2 Pet itione r alleg ed that as a result of the infl uenza ( “ flu ” ) v accin ation administered on September 2 2 , 201 4 , she suffered fr om transverse myeliti s ( “ TM ” )

. Petition at 1

. On April 2 1 , 2020 , the parties filed a st ipulation rec ommending an award of compensation to peti tioner

. Stipulation (ECF No. 5 0 ). Respondent denies that the flu vaccine administered on September 2 2 , 201 4 caused petitioner ’ s TM , or an y other injury

. Nevertheless,

1 Because this Decision contains a reas o ned explanation for the action in this case, the undersigned is required to post it on the United States Court of Fed eral Cla ims’ website in acc ordance with the E

- Government Act of 2002. 44 U.S. C. § 35 01 note (2012) ( Federal Management and Promotion of E l ectronic Government Services). This means the Decision will be available to anyone with access to the I nternet. In accordan ce with Vaccine Rul e 18(b), petitioner has 14 days to identify and mov e to re dact med ical or other information, the disclosure 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 definition, the undersigned will redact such mater ial fro m public access.

2 The National Vaccine Injury Com p ensation Program is set forth in Part 2 of the National Chi ldhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986, Pub. L. No . 99

- 660, 100 Stat. 3 755, codified as am ended, 42 U.S.C. §§ 300aa

- 1 to

- 34 (2012) (“Vaccine Act” o r “the A ct ”). All citations in this decision to indi v idual sections of t he Vaccine Act are to 42 U.S.C . § 300aa

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# In the Uni ted State s Court of Federal Claims

OFFICE OF S PECIAL M ASTERS Filed: April 22, 20202

the parties agree to the joint stipulation, attached h ereto as Appe ndix A. The undersigned fi nds the stipulation reasonable and adopts it a s the d ecision of the C o urt in awarding damages, on the terms set fo rth therein. The parties stipulate that petitioner shall receive the following compensation:
A lum p sum of $ 7 5 ,0 00.00 i n the form of a che ck payable to petitioner
. T h e se amo unt s repr esent compensation for all damages that would be available under 42 U.S. C . § 300aa

- 15( a). The undersigned approves the r equested amount for petition ers’ compensa tion. A ccordingly, an awar d should be made consistent with the stipulation.
In the absen ce of a motion for review filed pursuant to RCFC Appe n dix B, the Clerk of Court SHALL ENTER JUDGMENT in accordance with the terms of the parties’ stipul ation. 3
IT I S SO ORD ERED.
s/Nora B. Do rsey Nora B. Dorsey S pecial M aster

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