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M. Sarmiento vs. Employees Compensation Comm.

MARTINIANO SARMIENTO, petitioner, vs. EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION COMMISSION and GOVERNMENT SERVICE INSURANCE SYSTEM, respondents.

G.R. No. L-68648 | 1986-09-24

D E C I S I O N


GUTIERREZ, JR., J:

This is an appeal by certiorari, seeking the review of the July 20, 1984 decision of the respondent Employees' Compensation Commission in ECC Case No. 2279, affirming the decision of respondent Government Service Insurance System which denied the claim of petitioner Martiniano Sarmiento for compensation benefits under Presidential Decree No. 626, as amended. The claim was denied on the ground that Sarmiento's ailments ---- acute follicular pharyngitis with hypertrophic rhinitis ---- are not occupational nor work-connected in his position as casual laborer with the Bureau of Agricultural Extension from...