WIGGINTON, Judge.
Appellant appeals that portion of the deputy commissioner's order apportioning out 50 percent of appellant's permanent total disability award due to a preexisting impairment. We reverse.
On March 23, 1984, the approximately 43-year-old appellant suffered an indisputably compensable heart attack at work, leaving him with a guarded prognosis and a five- to seven-year life expectancy. According to the medical evidence at the time of his heart...
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