Legal Opinion
Ryan Burns, by His Mother and Next Friend, Donna Burns v. Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services
Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
Decided August 16, 1993No. 19-2157PublishedCited by 387 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
RADER, Circuit Judge.
Petitioner Donna Burns appeals the December 22,1992 decision of the United States Court of Federal Claims denying her compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program. This court affirms.
BACKGROUND
On September 12, 1990, petitioner filed a petition for compensation on behalf of her minor son, Ryan, under the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Program. 42 U.S.C. § 300aa-10- to -34. (1988 & Supp. III 1991). Petitioner alleged that her son suffered an encephalopathy and residual seizure disorder due to his second diphtheria-pertussis-tetanus (DPT)…
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