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The short answer is “No.” A claim in the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program is a lawsuit filed in the “Vaccine Court” in the U.S. Court of Federal Claims in Washington D.C. Most lawyers in your area do not practice in that court.

As mentioned last month, for the last year, administrators with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services have been proposing amendments to the Vaccine Injury Table (Table) for claims made to the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program

For the last year, administrators with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services have been working to badly curtail the rights of persons suffering a common vaccine-related injury

According to the CDC, although flu viruses are detected throughout the year, they are most common in the fall and winter months, a time period known as flu season.

Sometimes, we are contacted by a person who believes they have been injured from a vaccination but are not sure if they have a claim because they had a pre-existing condition.

Since 1988, there has been a no-fault alternative to resolve individual's claims of alleged vaccine-related injuries.  This no-fault alternative is known as the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP).

In a word—according to the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC): Yes. At the CDC's 2019 Epidemic Intelligence Service (EIS) Conference,

Almost without exception, when we are contacted by someone having shoulder pain after a flu shot, the person tells us that the pharmacist or nurse injected the needle "too high" in the arm.

“A flu shot can cause a shoulder injury?” Shock, confusion, and denial are usually the reactions we get when telling people about SIRVA (shoulder injury resulting from vaccine administration).

It still happens. When we are contacted by someone who are experiencing shoulder problems after a flu shot, they often tell us that they had no idea the two could be connected.