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Magsaysay Maritime etc. vs. Cruz

MAGSAYSAY MARITIME CORP., CSCS BMTERNATIONAL NV AND/OR MARLON* RONO, PETITIONERS, VS. RODEL A. CRUZ, RESPONDENT.

G.R. No. 204769 | 2016-06-06

D E C I S I O N
 
DEL CASTILLO, J.:
 
The company-designated doctor is expected to arrive at a definite assessment of the fitness of the seafarer to work or to determine the degree of his disability within a period of 120 or 240 days from repatriation, as the case may be. If after the lapse of the 120/240-day period the seafarer remains incapacitated and the company-designated physician has not yet declared him fit to work or determined his degree of disability, the seafarer is deemed totally and permanently disabled.[1]

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