United States Court of Claims January 22, 1990, No. 88-68 V (Siegfried v. Secretary of the Department of Health & Human Services)

OPINION1

RADER, Judge.

Background

Petitioners seek compensation under the National Vaccine Injury Compensation Pro*324gram, 42 U.S.C. §§ 300aa-10 through 300aa-34 (Supp. V 1987) (the Act), for the death of their daughter Mary Aurelia Siegfried (Mary). Mary was bom on October 27, 1985. She was a healthy child and developed normally for several months.