The claimant's decedent was employed in the employer's laboratory, and on September 14, 1971 he became ill and dizzy at work. He was taken to a hospital and nine days later died because his brain "swelled up" — cerebral edema. The issue for the board was whether or not the brain condition had any causal connection with the employment. There is nothing to indicate that the cause of death was such that it could have been, by itself, accidental. There is a lack of showing...
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