Lombardo v. Secretary of Health & Human Services

OPINION

REGINALD W. GIBSON, Judge:

INTRODUCTION

This vaccine case turns solely on a question of statutory interpretation. Petitioner, James Lombardo, on behalf of his minor son, filed a petition in the United States Court of Federal Claims on April 7, 1995, seeking compensation for a vaccine-related injury under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (Vaccine Program). 42 U.S.C. § 300aa-l et seq. (1988 & Supp. V 1993) (Vaccine Act). Thereafter, on May 18, 1995, Special Master John F. Edwards dismissed the petition, finding that it was time-barred *23pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § SOOaa-lBCaXl).1…