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Dominga Salmone vs ECC & SSS

DOMINGA A. SALMONE, petitioner, vs. EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION COMMISSION and SOCIAL SECURITY SYSTEM, respondents.

G.R. No. 142392 | 2000-09-26

D E C I S I O N


PARDO, J.:

The case before the Court is an appeal via certiorari from the decision1 [Petition, Annex [E], Rollo, pp. 55-66.] of the Court of Appeals dismissing petitioner's appeal from the decision of the Employees' Compensation Commission2 [Petition, Annex [B](Annex [E]), Rollo, pp. 36-41.] affirming the denial by the Social Security System of her claim for compensation benefits under P. D. No. 626, as amended.

The Employees' Compensation Commission denied petitioner's claim because there was no substantial evidence showing that her illness--atherosclerotic heart disease, atrial fabrillation and cardiac arrhythmia--was...