A government program tasked with compensating injuries linked to COVID-19 vaccines and other countermeasures has approved four additional claims, including one death benefit, according to newly released federal data.
The Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA) reported in its June update that the Countermeasures Injury Compensation Program (CICP) has compensated 60 of 7,407 adjudicated claims, while denying 7,298.
The denial rate is more than 98%, according to the report.
The latest figures mark only the third death-related claim paid since the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, according to program tracking cited by researcher Wayne Rohde, author of two books on federal vaccine injury compensation.
As of June, the program has received 14,152 total claims. Of those, 6,745 are pending review or in review, while a decision has been reached on 7,407. HRSA reports 109 claims have been deemed eligible for compensation, though only 60 have resulted in payment totalling $7.45 million.
Most denials were issued on procedural or evidentiary grounds, including missed filing deadlines and failure to submit medical records or meet the program’s standard of proof for covered injury.
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