The short answer is yes. In fact, the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program lists brachial neuritis as a Table injury for tetanus toxoid vaccine. Other vaccines may also be associated with brachial neuritis. If you have developed brachial neuritis after receiving a tetanus-containing vaccine, or any other vaccine, contact vaccine attorney Leah Durant. Our law firm specializes in vaccine injuries and can represent you in receiving compensation for your vaccine injury. You will never pay for a vaccine attorney at the Law Offices of Leah V. Durant & Associates. All legal costs and fees are paid by the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program.
Brachial neuritis is a form of peripheral neuropathy. Peripheral neuropathy is a disease that is typically characterized by pain or loss of function in the nerves that carry signals to and from the brain and spinal cord (the central nervous system) to other parts of the body.
As with some other vaccine injuries, with brachial neuritis, the pain, loss of function and other damage occurs in the brachial plexus which is a bundle of nerves that travels from the spinal cord to the shoulder, arms, and hands.
Brachial neuritis is also commonly referred to as brachial neuropathy, brachial plexus injury, and Parsonage-Turner syndrome. The condition typically begins with sudden, unexplained, and severe pain and/or burning in the upper arm.
Symptoms of brachial neuritis may follow a vaccine injury and include;
- Pain usually affecting just one side of the body
- Severe pain in the upper arm or shoulder
- After a few hours or days, the pain transitions to weakness, limpness, or paralysis in the muscles of the affected arm or shoulder
- Lack of sensation or feeling in the shoulder or arm
- Lack of muscle control in the shoulder or arm
- Symptoms typically resolve slowly over the course of a few months or a few years.
The Vaccine Program will provide you money if you have suffered from this vaccine injury. Vaccine attorney Leah Durant knows the process and can represent you free of charge. Once accepted into the vaccine injury compensation program, all attorneys’ fees and costs related to your vaccine injury claim are paid by the Vaccine Injury Compensation Program.
The Vaccine Injury Table is the heart of the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program, established by the National Vaccine Injury Act of 1988. All vaccine cases are filed in the United States Court of Federal Claims and decided by the Office of Special Masters. Individuals who suffer vaccine injuries according to criteria listed in the Vaccine Injury Table must establish a case for monetary awards under the vaccine program that the Department of Health and Human Services may rebut by proving that the injury was caused by “factors unrelated” to the vaccine. If an individual filing a vaccine injury claim does not meet the criteria outlined in the Vaccine Injury Table, he or she may still receive compensation by proving that the injury was actually caused by a vaccine.
Brachial neuritis is specifically listed on the Vaccine Injury Table for tetanus toxoid, a vaccine that may be administered alone, or with other vaccines such as the Diptheria-Tetanus-acellular Pertuss