LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — Raul DeJesus has nerve damage in his arm.

The pain is so debilitating that he needs several powerful medications.

“Oxycondones, hydrocondones, the list goes on,” said Raul.

Debbie Russo needed surgery to fix the damage to her shoulder.

“I knew something was wrong because I couldn’t move my arm,” she said. “It was a lot of pain.”

Both Raul and Debbie suffered serious shoulder damage, not from an injury or something they did, but from flu shots.

Infectious disease specialist Robert Duncan says while these injuries aren’t common, they can happen, usually because the shot is given too high in the arm.

“It can really be quite a significant problem,” said Duncan.

Vaccine injury attorney Paul Brazil says shoulder injury related to vaccine administration, or SIRVA, only recently started to become recognized.

“Most cases fall somewhere in the $20,000 to $150,000 range,” according to Brazil.

Under a government deal with manufacturers, they pay a tax into a federal fund, which can then be used to pay vaccine-injury claims...

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