Debra Ann Knudsen, by Her Parents and Legal Guardians, Doris P. Knudsen and Dale Knudsen v. Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services

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• holding that under the Vaccine Act, the “’logical sequence of cause and effect’ must be supported by a sound and reliable medical or scientific explanation”
• holding that a petitioner’s theory of causation must be informed by a “sound and reliable medical or scientific explanation.”
• holding that a petitioner’s theory of causation must be informed by a “sound and reliable medical or scientific explanation.”
• holding that a “sound and reliable medical or scientific explanation” must support a theory of causation
• explaining that causation may be “based on epidemiological evidence and the clinical picture regarding the particular child without detailed medical and scientific exposition on the biological mechanisms”
• stating that “to require identification and proof of specific biological mechanisms would be inconsistent with the purpose and nature of the vaccine compensation program”

Source: CourtListener parenthetical corpus (CC0).