complaint for disability benefits; and he secured a medical certification that he was unfit for sea duty from another private physician only on March, 2005 or six months after his arrival.   Technicality aside, for a disease to be compensable Section 32-A of the POEA-SEC requires proof of the existence of the following conditions:   SECTION 32-A OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES   For an occupational disease and the resulting disability or death to be compensable, all of the following conditions must be satisfied:   1. The seafarer's work must involve the risks described herein;   2. The disease was contracted as a result of the seafarer's exposure to the describe risks;   3. The disease was contracted within a period of exposure and under such other factors necessary to contract it; and   4. There was no notorious negligence on the part of the seafarer. (emphasis supplied)       Specifically with respect to mental diseases, for the same to be compensable, the POEA-SEC requires that it must be due to traumatic injury to the head12[12] 12 [12] SECTION 32. SCHEDULE OF DISABILITY OR IMPEDIMENT FOR INJURIES SUFFERED AND DISEASES INCLUDING OCCUPATIONAL DISEASES OR ILLNESS CONTRACTED. HEAD Traumatic head injuries that result to: 1. Apperture unfilled with bone not over three (3) inches without brain injury . . . . . . . . Gr.9

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