Carpinello, J.
In 1987, decedent, a volunteer firefighter, suffered a work-related myocardial infarction and was subsequently classified as permanently totally disabled. In April 2002, he died as a result of a cardiac arrest which was determined to be causally related to this injury. Thereafter, claimant, decedent's widow, filed a claim for death benefits and a Workers' Compensation Law Judge (hereinafter WCLJ) awarded her, as relevant here, a lump-sum death benefit...
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