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In the United States Court of Federal Claims
                                 OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS
                                           No. 15-965V
                                    Filed: December 7, 2015
                                           Unpublished

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AMY H. MORITZ,                          *
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                   Petitioner,          *    Ruling on Entitlement; Concession;
                                        *    Trivalent Influenza (“Flu”) Vaccine;
                                        *    Shoulder Injury Related to Vaccine
SECRETARY OF HEALTH                     *    Administration (“SIRVA”);
AND HUMAN SERVICES,                     *    Special Processing Unit (“SPU”)
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                   Respondent.          *
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Robert Krakow, Law Office of Robert J. Krakow, P.C., New York, NY, for petitioner.
Douglas Ross, U.S. Department of Justice, Washington, DC, for respondent.

                                    RULING ON ENTITLEMENT1

Dorsey, Chief Special Master:

        On September 3, 2015, Amy H. Moritz (“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” or “Program”]. Petitioner alleges that she
suffered a shoulder injury related to vaccine administration (“SIRVA”) caused by the
trivalent influenza (“flu”) vaccine she received on October 9, 2014. Petition at ¶¶ 10, 13,
32. The case was assigned to the Special Processing Unit of the Office of Special
Masters.

       On December 7, 2015, 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 suffered a non-
Table injury of SIRVA and that the preponderance of the medical evidence indicates
that the injury was causally related to the flu vaccination she received on October 9,

1 Because this unpublished ruling contains a reasoned explanation for the action in this case, the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, Pub. L. No. 107-347, § 205, 116 Stat. 2899, 2913 (codified as amended
at 44 U.S.C. § 3501 note (2006)). 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.

2National 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).
2014.” Id. at 6. Respondent further agrees that “petitioner met the statutory
requirements by suffering the condition for more than six months . . . [and] has satisfied
all legal prerequisites for compensation under the 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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