Claim of Joslyn v. Oneida County Sheriff's Department

—Peters, J. P.

Appeals (1) from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed September 29, 1997, which ruled that decedent sustained a compensable injury and awarded workers’ compensation benefits, and (2) from a decision of said Board, filed September 15, 1998, which ruled that decedent’s death was compensable and awarded workers’ compensation death benefits.

Upon awaking with chest pains on June 25, 1992, decedent was transported to the emergency room where he was diagnosed with a severe myocardial infarction. He thereafter suffered numerous cardiac arrests which resulted in severe…