Roedl v. Secretary of the Department of Health & Human Services

OPINION

WIESE, Judge.

On March 12, 1993, the special master issued a decision in this case dismissing, for failure of proof, petitioners’ claim to compensation under the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act, 42 U.S.C.A. §§ 300aa-l to 300aa-34 (West 1991 & Supp.1993), for the neurological and physical impairments of their now-adult son, Brian J. Roedl. Petitioners alleged that these impairments (lack of muscular coordination, epilepsy, and mental retardation) are traceable to the administration of a measles-mumps-rubella (MMR) vaccine that Brian received on July 9,1974, at the age of I2V2…