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SIRVA stands for Shoulder Injury Related to Vaccine Administration. SIRVA manifests as shoulder pain and limited range of motion after receiving an injected vaccine. SIRVA may encompass a variety of diagnoses, including, but not limited to, bursitis, adhesive capsulitis or frozen shoulder, tendonitis, impingement syndrome, and rotator cuff tear.

If you’ve been diagnosed with SIRVA or another condition such as bursitis, adhesive capsulitis, frozen shoulder, tendonitis, impingement syndrome, or a rotator cuff tear following your receipt of a vaccine you may have a claim under the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (VICP). For more information on how the process of filing a claim works, please contact us for a free no obligation consultation. Currently, the Covid-19 vaccine is not covered under VICP, but it is covered under the Countermeasure Injury Compensation Program (CICP). However, we do anticipate the Covid-19 vaccine will be added to the VICP eventually. The issues involving the Covid-19 vaccine are complicated and ever evolving. If you have been injured by the Covid-19 vaccine, we encourage you to contact us and we will provide you with the latest information and walk you through your options.

Every claim is different and the value of your claim will depend on the various unique factors applicable to your individual case. That being said, a majority of compensable SIRVA claims filed in the Vaccine Court resolve in the $50,000-$150,000 range. 

A claim cannot be filed until six months after receipt of the vaccination that caused injury. Before a claim can be filed, certified copies of all relevant medical records have to be obtained. Once your Petition is filed, the process usually takes over a year. You do not have to wait until the six-month mark to contact us. The sooner we begin work on a claim the sooner we can get it on file.

Nothing. Attorneys are paid out of the VICP fund and are not allowed by law to charge their clients for representing them in VICP claims. The attorneys also cover all costs associated with your claim. Any amount recovered goes completely to you.

Frequently Asked Questions

Covid-19 vaccine injuries are not currently covered under the Vaccination Injury Compensation Program (VICP), however they are covered under a separate program called the Countermeasure Injury Compensation Program (CICP). If you’ve been injured by a Covid-19 vaccination, we still encourage you to contact us so we can talk to you about your options and keep you informed of any changes in the law. Although you might not have a VICP claim now, we think there is a good chance you will have one in the future. We’d love the opportunity to keep you updated on new developments and possibly represent you in the future.

Vaccine injury cases are different than other injury cases because vaccine manufacturers and the people who administer vaccines have immunity from lawsuits. Therefore, they cannot be sued. However, instead of filing a lawsuit against the manufacturer of the vaccine or the person who administered it, an injured person can file a claim for damages in a specialized court called The Federal Court of Claims. The Court of Claims oversees the multi-billion-dollar Vaccine Injury Compensation Fund which was established to compensate individuals who get injured from vaccines. The money in the fund comes from a seventy-five-cent tax the vaccine manufacturers pay on every vaccine dose they sell. The process is similar to filing a lawsuit in some ways but also very different in many ways. Feel free to contact us with any questions and we will explain in more detail.

Any individual, regardless of age, who was injured by a covered vaccine is eligible to file a claim. Parents or legal guardians of a child or disabled adult may file on behalf of the injured. Finally, the legal representative of a deceased person believed to have been injured by a covered vaccine may file a claim.

In general, a petition must be filed within 36 months of the onset of the injury or within two years of death if the vaccine injury led to the death. In addition, the effect of the injury must last at least 6 months or require inpatient hospitalization and surgery.

The Vaccine Injury Table is a chart that lists the vaccines covered under the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program and the injuries commonly associated with that vaccine. Claims that fit within the criteria of the table are presumed valid and compensable unless proven otherwise. While the vaccine that caused an injury must be one that is included on the table, the injury or illness that resulted from the vaccine does not have to be one of the injuries or illnesses listed on the table.  Although it helps tremendously if your case fits in the table, it certainly doesn’t mean you don’t have a case if it doesn’t fit within the table.

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Daniel Alholm graduated from Southern Methodist University in 1999 and The Loyola School of Law Chicago in 2003. Mr. Alholm is currently licensed to practice law in the states of Illinois and Tennessee as well as The United States Court of Claims and the District Court for the Northern District of Illinois.

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Vaccine Injury cases are overseen by The Federal Court of Claims, which is a court of national jurisdiction. Therefore, we can represent individuals who live anywhere in the country. So, although our office is located in Chicago, IL, you are never too far away for us to assist you.

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About Mr. Alholm

Mr. Alholm graduated from Southern Methodist University in 1999 and The Loyola School of Law Chicago in 2003. Mr. Alholm is currently licensed to practice law in the states of Illinois and Tennessee as well as The United States Court of Claims and the District Court for the Northern District of Illinois. Mr. Alholm is a member of The Vaccine Injury Petitioners Bar Association and the Federal Court of Claims Bar Association. Mr. Alholm has spent most of his almost two-decade career representing individuals who were seriously injured by vaccines, medical malpractice, faulty products, carbon monoxide poisoning, and other forms of serious injury. He has also represented individuals in mass tort and multi-district litigation matters involving Roundup, hernia mesh, and other faulty medical devices.

Mr. Alholm believes that communication is the key to a successful attorney-client relationship. He provides all of his clients with his cell phone number and encourages them to call or text him with any questions they have. He makes it a point to never go more than a few weeks without updating his clients on the status of their claim. He never wants his clients to shy away from contacting him if they need something.

Mr. Alholm was born and raised in the Chicago suburb of Glen Ellyn where he currently lives with his wife Brooke and their two children. He loves his family, his dog Ferris, attending his kids sporting events, the Chicago Cubs, coaching basketball, and golf. You’re always fee to try him on his cell phone or shoot him a text at 773.412.3320.