Vaccine Program Rule Change Affecting Shoulder Injuries Delayed For Now

 Posted on February 26,2021 in Vaccine Injuries

On February 23, 2021, Health and Human Services (HHS) published a rule on the Federal Register that effectively gives individuals that have experienced a shoulder injury or vasovagal syncope following vaccination, an additional two months, until April 23, 2021, to file a vaccine injury claim through the federal Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP).

Originally, the rule which would change the way these injuries are handled within the VICP, making it more difficult for many vaccine injured individuals to pursue their claims, was due to take effect on February 22, 2021. The two month pause in the rule’s effective date was announced by HHS due to a request by the Biden administration for time to review all administrative actions that occurred during the sunset of the previous administration.

We have previously covered the rule changes, and the likely outcomes for vaccine injured individuals, in prior blog posts which you can find here and here.

Additional information about HHS’s delaying of the rule change impacting shoulder injuries following vaccination, as well as the handling of vasovagal syncope injuries, can be found in a recent article by Bloomberg Law, which can be found here.