June Shyface and Patricia Shyface, as Legal Representatives of the Estate of Cheyenne Michael Shyface v. Secretary of Health and Human Services

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• explaining that petitioners may be found entitled to compensation where concurrent forces lead to a single harm so long as the vaccination is a substantial contributing factor and a but for harm
• finding that a petitioner must prove that the vaccine was a substantial factor – not the only factor – in causing the illness and that the harm would not have occurred in the absence of the vaccination
• finding that a petitioner must prove that the vaccine was a substantial factor – not the only factor – in causing the illness and that the harm would not have occurred in the absence of the vaccination

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