Claim of Stiso v. Hallen Construction Co.

— Kane, J.

Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed November 3, 1986.

Claimant’s decedent died April 27, 1976, following a cerebral vascular accident (hereinafter CVA), at a time when he was not working. About 2Vi years previously, on November 5, 1973, he suffered a prior CVA while employed as a welder for a construction company following an argument with his superior and the carrying of heavy pipe clamps weighing about 75 pounds.

Claimant, as his widow, seeks to recover benefits, contending that the incident of November 5, 1973 was causally related to his employment, as…