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grants permanent total disability compensation to seafarers, who suffered from either
cardiovascular diseases or hypertension, and were under the treatment of or even
issued fitto-work certifications by company-designated doctors beyond 120 or 240 days
from their repatriation.[25]
ACCORDINGLY, the petition is GRANTED. The assailed Decision dated November 9,
2018 and Resolution dated April 26, 2019 of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. SP No.
153662 are REVERSED and SET ASIDE. The Decision dated May 30, 2017 and
Resolution dated October 20, 2017 of the Panel of Voluntary Arbitrators are
REINSTATED.
SO ORDERED.
Peralta, C.J. (Chairperson), Caguioa, J. Reyes, Jr., and Lopez, JJ., concur.
[1] Under Rule 45 of the Rules of Court.
[2] Penned by Associate Justice Pedro B. Corales and concurred in by Associate Justices
Jane Aurora C. Lantion, and Marie Christine Azcarraga-Jacob, all members of the
Special Seventh Division, rollo, pp. 55- 70.
[3] Id. at 51-52.
[4] Id. at 56.
[5] Id. at 56-57.
[6] Id. at 57.
[7] Id. at 57-58.
[8] Id. at 58-59.
[9] Id. at 59.
[10] Id.
[11] Id. at 60.
[12] Id. at 61.
[13] Id. at 62.
[14] Id.
[15] Id. at 55-70.
[16] Id. at 67-68.
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