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In the United States Court of Federal Claims
                                 OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS
                                          No. 16-214V
                                      Filed: May 31, 2016
                                        UNPUBLISHED

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MARNI SHAPIN,                         *
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                  Petitioner,         *      Ruling on Entitlement; Concession;
v.                                    *      Influenza; Shoulder Injury Related to
                                      *      Vaccine Administration (“SIRVA”);
SECRETARY OF HEALTH                   *      Special Processing Unit (“SPU”)
AND HUMAN SERVICES,                   *
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                  Respondent.         *
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Amber Diane Wilson, Maglio Christopher and Toale, Washington D.C., for petitioner.
Glenn A. MacLeod, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for respondent.

                                    RULING ON ENTITLEMENT1

Dorsey, Chief Special Master:

      On February 12, 2016, 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 her receipt of an influenza (“flu”) vaccination on
October 22, 2014, caused her to suffer a left shoulder injury. Petition at 1-2. The case
was assigned to the Special Processing Unit of the Office of Special Masters.

        On May 27, 2016, respondent filed her Rule 4(c) report in which she concedes
that petitioner is entitled to compensation in this case. Respondent’s Rule 4(c) Report
at 1. Specifically, respondent “concluded that petitioner’s alleged left shoulder injury is
consistent with a SIRVA [shoulder injury related to vaccine administration] injury, and
that it was caused-in-fact by the flu vaccine she received on October 22, 2014.” Id. at 4.
Respondent further agrees that petitioner’s left SIRVA and its sequela persisted for
more than six months after administration of the vaccine and, based on the record as it

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  Because this unpublished ruling contains a reasoned explanation for the action in this case, the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).
now stands, petitioner has satisfied all legal prerequisites for compensation under the
Vaccine Act. Id.

     In view of respondent’s concession and the evidence before me, the
undersigned finds that petitioner is entitled to compensation.

IT IS SO ORDERED.

                                  s/Nora Beth Dorsey
                                  Nora Beth Dorsey
                                  Chief Special Master

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