N.J.S.A. 38A:13-1.1 — Claim for compensation

38A:13-1.1. Claim for compensation In any claim for compensation for injury or death from cardiovascular or cerebrovascular causes, the claimant shall prove by a preponderance of the credible evidence that the injury or death was produced by effort or strain related to the performance of duty involving a substantial condition, event or happening in excess of the wear and tear of the claimant's daily living and in reasonable medical probability caused in a material degree the cardiovascular or cerebrovascular injury or death resulting therefrom. Material degree means an appreciable degree or a degree substantially greater than de minimis. L. 1987, c. 217, s. 2.

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