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* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * SHARON RONS , * UNPUBLISHED * Petitioner , * No. 1 8

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v. * Special Master Dorsey * SECRETARY OF HEALTH * Decis ion Based on Stipulation; AND HUMAN SERVICES, * I nfluen z a ( “ Flu ” ) Vaccine; Shoulder * Injury Related to Vaccine Respondent. * Administration ( “ SIRVA ” ). * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Jeffrey S. Pop , Jeffrey S. Pop & Associates , Beverly Hills, CA , f or petit io ne r
. Traci R. Patton , US Department of Justice, Washington, DC , for respondent.
DECISION BASED ON STIPULATION 1

On March 22 , 201 8 , Sharon Rons ( “petitioner ”) filed a petition in the National Vacc ine Injury Compensation Progra m
. 2 Pet itione r all eg ed that a s a result of a n influenza ( “ flu ” ) v accine administered to h er on October 28 , 2015 , petitioner suffered from a Shoulder Injury Related to Vaccine Administration ( “ SIRVA ” )

. Petition at Preamble (ECF No. 1)

. On November 4 , 2020 , the parties filed a st ipu lation rec ommendin g an award of compensation to peti tioner

. Stipulation (ECF No. 53 ). Respondent denies that petitioner sustained a SIRVA Table injury , denies that the vaccine cause d petitioner ’ s alleged shoulder

1 B ecause 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 t he E

- Government Act of 2002. 44 U.S. C. § 3501 note (2012) ( F ederal Management and Promotion of E l ectronic Government Services). This means the D ecision will be available to anyone wit h access to the I nternet. In accordan ce with Vaccine Rul e 18(b), petit ioner has 14 day s to identify and mov e to redact medical or o ther information, the disclosure of w hich would constitute an unwarranted invasion of privacy. If, upon review, the undersi gned agrees that the iden tifie d materi al fits within this definition, t he undersigned w ill redact such mater ial from public access.

2 The National Vaccine Injury Com p ensation Program is set forth in Part 2 of the N ational 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

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- 34 (2012) (“Vaccine Act” or “the Act”). Al l citations in this D ecision 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 SPECIAL M ASTERS Filed: November 4, 20202

injury or any other injury, and denie s pe titioner ’ s current condition is a sequ elae of a vaccine

related injury

. Nevertheless , the parties agree to the joint stipulation, attached h ereto as Appe ndix A. The undersigned fi nds the stipula tion reasonable and adopts it as the decision of the C o urt i n awarding damages, on the terms set forth therei n. The parties stipulate that peti ti oner shall receive the following compensation: (1) A lum p sum of $ 60,000.00 i n the form of a che ck payable to petitioner
. T h is amount represent s compensation for all dam ages that would be 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 compensa tion. A ccordingly, an awar d should be ma de consistent wi th the stipulation.
In the absence of a mot ion for review filed pursuant to RCFC Appe n dix B, the Clerk of Court SHALL ENTER JUDG MENT in accordance with the terms of th e parties’ stipul ation. 3

IT I S SO ORD ERED.
s/Nora B. Do rsey Nora B. Dorsey Special Master

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