Koehn v. Secretary of Health & Human Services

Opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge O’MALLEY. Concurring opinion for the court filed by Circuit Judge MOORE.

O’MALLEY, Circuit Judge.

Cheryl Koehn appeals from a U.S. Court of Federal Claims judgment upholding a Special Master’s denial of compensation for Koehn’s daughter’s systemic juvenile idiopathic arthritis (“SJIA”) allegedly caused by á vaccine. Although the Special Master’s assessment of Koehn’s medical theory of causation contains several flaws, *1241the Special Master had a sufficient basis upon which to determine that Koehn did not meet her burden of demonstrating a proximate…