Respondent's expert testified that it was "highly unlikely" that decedent's fall while on duty precipitated his myocardial infarction. This testimony, coupled with the other medical evidence in the record showing that decedent's condition was long standing and severe, provided competent evidence to rebut the "heart presumption" created by Retirement and Social Security Law § 363-a (see, Matter of Nerney v New York State Policemen's & Firemen's Retirement...
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