Opt-In Petition for Vaccine Program Does Not Require Medical Records; Special Master Denies Motion to Dismiss

WASHINGTON - A woman's petition to enter into the Vaccine Program cannot be dismissed because she did not submit medical records pertaining to her son's development of autism spectrum disorder along with the filing, stated an order written by Special Master George L. Hastings, Jr. Kim Stewart, Parent of Heath Stewart, v. Secretary of Health and Human Services, No. 02-819V (Fed. Claims Ct.).

Special Master Hastings ruled that individuals wishing to enter the Omnibus Autism Proceeding do not need to supplement their short-form petitions with medical records since General Autism Order No.1 states that individual cases will not proceed through …