Which Vaccines Aren’t on the Vaccine Injury Table?

The VICP only applies to vaccines that appear on the vaccine injury table and carry the required excise tax. Any vaccine outside these criteria is considered a non covered vaccine under federal law, and that difference decides the legal path available to you. The list below shows the vaccines that currently fall outside the national vaccine injury compensation program so you can compare them directly to your medical records.

Travel related vaccines that are not part of routine administration
• Yellow Fever
• Typhoid
• Japanese Encephalitis
• Cholera
• Tick Borne Encephalitis

These vaccines serve limited disease control roles and do not qualify for the excise tax requirement that places a vaccine on the table.

Shingles vaccines
• Shingrix
• Zostavax

These vaccines protect against herpes zoster and remain outside the list of covered vaccines because they are not part of routine childhood or pregnancy immunizations.

Respiratory Syncytial Virus vaccines for adults
• Adult RSV formulations

These vaccines were recently introduced for older adults and pregnant women and have not been added to the vaccine injury table.

Rabies vaccine
• Rabies vaccinations used after exposure

This vaccine is provided for post exposure treatment and is not listed as a covered vaccine in the injury compensation program.

Anthrax vaccine
• Anthrax immunization for occupational or military use

This vaccine is reserved for high risk settings and does not meet VICP criteria.

Pneumococcal polysaccharide vaccine
• PPSV or PPSV23

This is different from the pneumococcal conjugate vaccine that appears on the table. Only PPSV23 remains outside VICP coverage.

COVID vaccines distributed under federal emergency declarations
• All COVID vaccines while classified as countermeasures

These vaccines fall under the Countermeasures Injury Compensation Program rather than the VICP because they were administered during a public health emergency.

New vaccines without an excise tax
• Any newly approved vaccine without a finalized excise tax

These vaccines remain non covered until the tax is officially imposed by federal law.

This list gives you a clear way to check whether your vaccination is included in the national vaccine injury compensation program or whether your claim follows a different legal route that focuses on civil litigation and direct legal representation.

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What Are Your Legal Options When Dealing With an Illness or Injury Caused by a Non Covered Vaccination?

A non covered vaccine shifts the legal path. Compensation no longer moves through the vaccine court and instead relies on civil litigation. This matters because victims need a clear route to recover costs tied to symptoms, treatment and long term injury. Civil litigation allows claims against vaccine manufacturers, hospitals or doctors when the evidence shows a vaccine caused harm. These lawsuits require strong medical records and expert proof that links the vaccination to the injury in a defined time frame. The steps below show what actually happens when our vaccine injury law firm handles this type of case.

1. We review your vaccine and confirm it is non covered.
This involves checking the excise tax status, the vaccine injury table, routine administration criteria and the documentation from Health and Human Services.

2. We identify who can be held legally responsible.
This can include the manufacturer, the clinic that administered the vaccine or the doctor who provided it. The analysis depends on the product, the warnings, the technique used and the conditions of administration.

3. We gather and organize your medical records.
This gives us the timeline of symptoms, diagnosis, testing and treatment. These records also establish the time frame required to show that the vaccine caused the injury.

4. We consult the necessary experts.
A civil case requires expert support that explains how the vaccine caused the injury, why the symptoms developed and how the reaction aligns with medical science. We obtain and manage these expert reports.

5. We calculate the full value of your compensation.
This includes medical costs, ongoing care, lost income, pain, long term effects, family impact and any financial pressure created by the injury.

6. We file the lawsuit and manage every procedural requirement.
State deadlines, notice requirements and civil rules determine whether a case survives. We handle every filing and protect the claim from procedural issues.

7. We negotiate or take the case to court.
Some cases settle. Some require trial. Both depend on strong evidence, expert testimony and a clear presentation of how the vaccine caused the injury.

These are the steps we take when the VICP cannot accept a claim. This is the legal path for a non covered vaccine, and our role is to carry the weight of the case so you do not have to navigate civil litigation on your own.

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