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Lizardo vs. Workmen's Compensation Commission, et al

VICTOR N. LIZARDO, petitioner, vs. WORKMEN'S COMPENSATION COMMISSION; REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES (BUREAU OF PRISONS) respondents.

G.R. No. L-42995 | 1979-03-14

D E C I S I O N

SANTOS, J:

This is a petition for review filed on March 13, 1976 of the decision dated February 3, 1976 of the Workmen's Compensation Commission in RO4-WC Case No. 1816, affirming the order of the Acting Referee, Regional Office No. IV, Workmen's Compensation Section, Manila, dated September 29, 1975, dismissing or disallowing the claim of petitioner for disability compensation on the ground ". . . that claimant had no disability at all inasmuch as the illness suffered benign prostatic hypertrophy has no causal relationship with his employment, but is a consequence of the aging process and other organic diseases."

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