The board found: "A majority of the Panel concludes that the disablement is a direct consequence of the occupational exposure and not an aggravation of non-industrial pathology. The majority further find that the gradual enlargement of the heart from left cardiac strain on the basis of claimant's pulmonary emphysema, fibrosis and chronic bronchiectasis is a part of the occupational disease. It developed while she was under treatment and Dr. Shields reported that: `The etiology...
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