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Casiano Magistrado vs Employees' Compensation Comm.

CASIANO MAGISTRADO, petitioner, vs. EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION COMMISSION AND GOVERNMENT SERVICE INSURANCE SYSTEM (PHILIPPINE NAVY), respondents.

G.R. No. 62641 | 1989-06-30

D E C I S I O N


FERNAN, C.J.:

In this petition for review on certiorari, petitioner seeks to reverse and set aside the decision of the Employees' Compensation Commission which affirmed the denial by the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) of petitioner's claim for compensation benefits for permanent total disability.

Petitioner Casiano Magistrado spent thirty (30) years of his life in the Philippine Navy first as a Serviceman and later on as Chief Petty Officer. He retired on February 21, 1979 at the age of 51 due to illness.

Symptoms of his renal ailment first appeared five (5) years after his enlistment in the Navy. He...