Court Opinion

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Date Created: 2022-09-01 21:01:34.780539+00
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In the United States Court of Federal Claims
                                 OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS
                                         No. 21-2098V
                                        UNPUBLISHED

 DANA GRANVILLE,                                            Chief Special Master Corcoran

                        Petitioner,                         Filed: August 2, 2022
 v.
                                                            Special Processing Unit (SPU);
 SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND                                    Ruling on Entitlement; Concession;
 HUMAN SERVICES,                                            Table Injury; Influenza (Flu) Vaccine;
                                                            Guillain-Barre Syndrome (GBS)
                       Respondent.

John Robert Howie, Howie Law, PC, Dallas, TX, for Petitioner.

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

                                   RULING ON ENTITLEMENT 1

        On October 28, 2021, Dana Granville 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 from Guillain-Barre Syndrome as a
result of an influenza vaccine she received on December 3, 2019. Petition at 1. Petitioner
further alleges that her symptoms have continued for more than six months. Id. at ¶29.
The case was assigned to the Special Processing Unit of the Office of Special Masters.

        On August 1, 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 it is his “position that Petitioner has satisfied the
criteria set forth in the recently revised Vaccine Injury Table (“Table”) and the

1 Because this unpublished Ruling contains a reasoned explanation for the action in this case, I am required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).
Qualifications and Aids to Interpretation (“QAI”), which afford Petitioner a presumption of
causation if the onset of GBS occurs between three and forty-two days after a seasonal
flu vaccination and there is no apparent alternative cause.” Id. at 8.

       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

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