5/19/2021 E-Library - Information At Your Fingertips: Printer Friendly 1. DECLARING Teodoro C. Razonable, Jr. to be unfit to work and totally and permanently disabled; 2. ORDERING [respondents] to pay Teodoro C. Razonable, Jr. his disability benefits of US$60,000.00 as provided in POEA-SEC; [and] 3. ORDERING [respondents] to pay Teodoro C. Razonable, Jr. 10% attorney's fees computed based on the total award. The payment of the above monetary award shall be at their peso equivalent at the time of actual payment. All other claims are dismissed for lack of merit. SO ORDERED.[13] One of the panel members, Accredited Voluntary Arbitrator Gregorio B. Sialsa, penned a Dissenting Opinion[14] on the case. With the same vote from the panel, the Decision was fortified in a Resolution[15] dated March 7, 2017, which denied respondents' motion for reconsideration. On appeal, however, the CA reversed the RCMB, ruling that petitioner failed to provide an ounce of proof that his diseases were brought about or aggravated by his work as Chief Engineer on board respondents' vessel, thus: WHEREFORE, premises considered, the instant petition is hereby GRANTED. Accordingly, the assailed Decision and Resolution of the Regional Conciliation and Mediation Board dated November 24, 2016 and March 7, 2017, respectively, are NULLIFIED and SET ASIDE. SO ORDERED.[16] In a Resolution[17] dated August 20, 2018, the CA denied petitioner's motion for reconsideration. Petitioner now imputes error upon the appellate court in ruling that he failed to prove his claims that his condition is work-related; that he contracted the same during his employment with respondents; and that he requested to be subjected to a postemployment medical examination with respondents' company-designated doctor to no avail. Petitioner argues that, in any case, mere probability, not ultimate degree of certainty, is sufficient to prove that his cardiovascular and renal illnesses are workhttps://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocsfriendly/1/66454 3/12

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