In December 1988, claimant, then retired from his position as a stationary firefighter for the New York City Department of Sanitation (hereinafter the employer), filed a claim for workers' compensation benefits describing the nature of his injury as "lung cancer" resulting from his exposure to asbestos at his workplace. It is undisputed that claimant had been diagnosed, and subsequently treated, for lung cancer in November 1986.
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