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Hoff V Secretary Of Health And Human Services

  In the United States Court of Federal Claims
                                  OFFICE OF SPECIAL MASTERS
                                          No. 24-1700V


 VALERIE HOFF,                                                 Chief Special Master Corcoran

                         Petitioner,
 v.                                                            Filed: June 3, 2025

 SECRETARY OF HEALTH AND
 HUMAN SERVICES,

                        Respondent.


Daniel Alholm, Alholm Law PC, Chicago, Il, for Petitioner.

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


                                     RULING ON ENTITLEMENT1

        On October 21, 2024, Valerie Hoff filed a petition for compensation under the
National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, 42 U.S.C. §300aa-10, et seq.2 (the
“Vaccine Act”), alleging that she suffered a Table shoulder injury related to vaccine
administration (“SIRVA”) as a result of an influenza (“flu”) vaccine administered on
September 27, 2023. Petition at 1, ¶¶ 2, 9, 14. Petitioner further alleges that she received
the vaccine within the United States, that she suffered the residual effects of her SIRVA
injury for more than six months, and that neither she nor any other party has filed a civil
action or received compensation for her SIRVA. Id. at ¶¶ 2, 10-12. The case was assigned
to the Special Processing Unit of the Office of Special Masters.



1 Because this unpublished Ruling contains a reasoned explanation for the action taken in this case, it must

be made publicly accessible and will be posted on the United States Court of Federal Claims' website,
and/or at https://www.govinfo.gov/app/collection/uscourts/national/cofc, in accordance with the E-
Government Act of 2002. 44 U.S.C. § 3501 note (2018) (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 (2018).
       On June 2, 2025, Respondent filed a combined Rule 4(c) Report and Proffer, in
which he concedes that Petitioner is entitled to compensation in this case. Rule 4(c)
Report and Proffer at 1. Specifically, Respondent agrees that Petitioner’s alleged injury
is consistent with SIRVA as defined by the Vaccine Injury Table. Id. at 5 (citing 42 C.F.R.
§§ 100.3(a), (c)(10)). Respondent further agrees that Petitioner has satisfied all legal
prerequisites for compensation under the Vaccine Act. Id. at 5.

      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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