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Help Wanted: How to prove a workers' comp claim

Quick ReadA physician must determine if an illness is job-related.

A doctor must determine if a worker's compensation

Photo credit: iStock | A doctor must determine if a worker's compensation claim is valid.

Carrie Mason-Draffen

Newsday columnist Carrie Mason Draffen Carrie Mason-Draffen

Mason-Draffen, a business reporter, writes a column about workplace issues.

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DEAR CARRIE: My fiance was working a night shift when he became ill. Paramedics took him to the hospital. I think he had a heart attack because he later had triple bypass surgery. Is he entitled to any help from workers' comp since the incident happened at work? And, if so, whom would I call? -- Entitled to Comp?

DEAR ENTITLED: He could be entitled to workers' compensation benefits. But a...

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