Petitioner worked for Fluor as a military contractor. On February 1, 2012, while employed by Fluor in Afghanistan, he received a flu vaccine and subsequently developed Guillain-Barre Syndrome. The flu vaccine was a Department of Defense requirement, and was distributed at a Fluor clinic at Bagram Airfield. A few weeks after receiving the shot, Petitioner began to feel weakness and numbness in his extremities. On March 5, 2012, he filed a claim for Defense Base Act (“DBA”) benefits. A month and a half later, Petitioner filed a petition for compensation under the National Childhood Vaccine Injury Act of 1986 (“Vaccine Act”). The United States Court of Federal Claims was tasked with determine whether Petitioner qualified for Vaccine Act compensation. Petitioner argued that as a government contract worker stationed in Afghanistan, he was either a member of the Armed Forces or a federal employee. Even though he filed a DBA claim,Read more