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N.J. Stat. Ann. § 38A:13-1.1

Claim for compensation

L. 1987, c. 217, s. 2.

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.

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