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Jose De Guia Vs. Employees' Compensation Commission, Et Al.

JOSE DE GUIA, petitioner, vs. EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION COMMISSION AND GOVERNMENT SERVICE INSURANCE SYSTEM, respondents.

G.R. No. 95595 | 1991-07-08

D E C I S I O N


MELENCIO-HERRERA, J.:

This Petition for Review on Certiorari, under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court and Article 181 of the Labor Code (Pres. Decree No. 442, as amended), filed by petitioner on his own behalf, challenges the Decision of the Employees' Compensation Commission (ECC), which affirmed the finding of the Government Service Insurance System (GSIS) that petitioner's ailment "Proliferative Diabetic Retinopathy with Vitreous Hemorrhage" is not compensable.

Petitioner was first employed as storekeeper by the Bureau of Internal Revenue on 23 March 1956. He later earned several promotions as Assistant Agent, Assistant...