Special Master Dismisses Hepatitis Vaccine Compensation Petition

WASHINGTON, D.C. - A man who claims that he sustained a neuropathy after receiving the hepatitis B vaccines failed to establish a logical sequence of cause and effect and therefore failed to satisfy his evidentiary burden showing that the vaccination caused his injury, a special master ruled. Shaw v. Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services, No. 01-707V (Fed. Cl. Ct.).

Special Master Patricia E. Campbell-Smith of the U.S. Court of Federal Claims ruled that the petitioner's expert lacked the sufficient expertise and experience to opine on his condition.

Michael Shaw petitioned for benefits under the National Vaccine …