Jones v. Secretary of Health & Human Services

OPINION AND ORDER

HEWITT, Judge.

Petitioner, appearing pro se, seeks review in the United States Court of Federal Claims of the Special Master’s dismissal of his Petition for Compensation (Petition or Pet.) filed May 21, 2007 under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Program (Vaccine Act), 42 U.S.C. §§ 300aa-l to -34 (2000 & Supp. II 2003).

I. Background

In the Petition filed May 21, 2007, petitioner alleges that a diphtheria-tetanus booster vaccination received by petitioner on June 2, 2003 caused him a variety of health problems, including “swelling of his mouth, tongue, and sinuses making…