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Perfecto Jarillo vs. Employees' Compensation Commission, et al.

PERFECTO JARILLO, petitioner, vs. EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION COMMISSION, GOVERNMENT SERVICE INSURANCE SYSTEM (Department of Engineering, Quezon City), respondents.

G.R. No. L-52058 | 1982-02-25

D E C I S I O N


MAKASIAR, J.:

This is a petition for review on certiorari of the decision dated September 27, 1979 of respondent Employees' Compensation Commission, which affirmed the decision of respondent Government Service Insurance System denying the claim of herein petitioner for disability benefits on the ground that his ailment - senile cataract - is not an occupational disease taking into consideration the nature of his particular work (p. 25, rec.).

The following facts are not disputed:

Petitioner Perfecto Jarillo - born on February 27, 1916 - entered government service on January 1, 1955 as a temporary laborer in the...