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Porspero Naval Vs. Employees' Compensation Commission

PORSPERO NAVAL, petitioner, vs. EMPLOYEES' COMPENSATION COMMISSION and GOVERNMENT SERVICE INSURANCE SYSTEM, respondents. Elpidio M. Borja for petitioner. The Government Corporate Counsel for respondent GSIS.

G.R. No. 83568 | 1991-07-18

D E C I S I O N


PADILLA, J.:

In this petition for review, petitioner seeks the reversal and annulment of the decision of the Employees' Compensation Commission (Commission for brevity), dated 10 May 1988, 1 denying permanent total disability benefits to petitioner.

The facts, as culled from the decision of the respondent Commission, are as follows:

Petitioner, Prospero Naval, started his government service on 1 July 1950 when he was appointed Clerk in the Office of the Provincial Assessor of Camarines Sur. Five (5) years later, he transferred to the ACCFA, Naga City, where he held the position of Audit Examiner until 5 February 1962...