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N.Buenconsejo vs Employees' Compensation Comm etal.

NONITA C. BUENCONSEJO, petitioner, vs. EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION COMMISSION AND GOVERNMENT SERVICE INSURANCE SYSTEM, respondents.

G.R. No. 63279 | 1989-05-25

D E C I S I O N


FERNAN, C.J.:

In this petition for review on certiorari, petitioner seeks the reversal of the decision of the Employees' Compensation Commission in ECC Case No. 1953 entitled "Nonita Buenconsejo v. G.S.I.S. (Ministry of Foreign Affairs) which affirmed the denial of death benefits under P.D. No. 626 as amended, by the G.S.I.S. for the demise of petitioner's husband.

The sole issue presented before Us is whether or not the disease contracted by the deceased Felix B. Buenconsejo is work-connected.

Felix B. Buenconsejo started his career in the government on September 24, 1970 when he was extended a casual appointment as...