Request

Please, please, please. Provide me with the LIST of conditions Cover the main conditions the independent medical assessor identified and the main conditions of the CLAIMS awarded a VDP. Thank you for your assistance. I'm grateful.

On the 22 August 2024 you clarified the following:

Please provide me with the LIST of conditions that the medical assessors identified AND claimant are awarded a vfp.jSurely,,some claimant are been awarded a vdp. What are the conditions that qualify them to be awarded a vdp.

Please provide me with the LIST of conditions. Examples, VITT or Stroke

You further clarified on the 26 August 2024:

My QUESTION is. IS IT POSSIBLE TO GIVE THE MEDICAL CONDITIONS THAT HAVE MET THE REQUIREMENTS FOR A VACCINEDAMAGEPAYMENT? Example VITT/STROKE.

Surely, the independent medical assessor has identified the LIST of medical conditions which a claimant is awarded a vaccine damage payment. True OR false?

Response

I can confirm that the NHSBSA holds the information you have requested.

Please read the below notes to ensure correct understanding of the data.

All information is as of 13 August 2024.

The claimant can tell us what happened after vaccination on the claim form. At the medical assessment stage, the independent medical assessor provides a description of the assessed conditions they have been able to identify from the claimant's medical records. This can sometimes be a mixture of conditions. The condition recorded against each claim may therefore be different to the condition initially stated by the claimant on their original claim form. Having one or more of these conditions does not automatically mean a claim meets the criteria for a payment. In line with the Vaccine Damage Payments Act 1979, for a claim to be successful, it must be proved that:

• the vaccine caused the disability; and

• the resulting disablement is severe

Severely disabled means at least 60% as defined by the principles for assessing the extent of disablement. These are set out in section 103 of the Social Security Contributions and Benefits Act 1992 and the Social Security (General Benefit) Regulations 1982.

All data provided relates to the conditions listed by the independent medical assessor in assessment reports for awarded claims:

• Anaphylaxis

• Bell's palsy

• Capillary leak syndrome

• Guillain-Barre syndrome

• Immune thrombocytopenia

• Myocardial Infarction

• Myocarditis/pericarditis

• Pulmonary Embolus

• Stroke/ CVA

• Transverse myelitis

• VITT/Cerebral Venous Sinus Thrombosis

• Bilateral sequential optic neuropathy • Other, including:

• Cause of death - acute allergic reaction

• Bacterial pneumonia, immune response to vaccine, inflammation of lungs

• Vaccine-Induced Vasculitis

• Bilateral Sequential Optic Neuropathy

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