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respondents as Casino [Attendant] [.]"[96]
However, petitioner did not discuss the duties of a Casino Attendant. She also failed to
show the causation between walking, carrying heavy loads, and adenomyoma.
Petitioner merely asserts that since her illness developed while she was on board the
vessel, it was work-related.
In Cagatin v. Magsaysay Maritime Corporation, et al.,[97] Cagatin was hired as a cabin
steward.[98] He alleged that his injuries were due to the hazardous tasks he was made
to perform, which were beyond the job description in his contract.[99] This court held
that since Cagatin did not allege what the tasks of a cabin steward were, there was no
means by which the court could determine whether the tasks he performed were,
indeed, hazardous.[100]
In the same manner, this court has no means to determine whether petitioner's illness
is work-related or work-aggravated since petitioner did not describe the nature of her
employment as Casino Attendant.
Petitioner also argues that since the company-designated physician did not declare her
fit to work after 120 days, she is thus entitled to total and permanent disability
benefits.[101]
The determination of whether a disability is permanent and total is provided under
Article 192(c)(l) of the Labor Code:
Art. 192. Permanent total disability.
....
(c) The following disabilities shall be deemed total and permanent:
1. Temporary total disabilities lasting continuously for more than one
hundred twenty days, except as otherwise provided for in the Rules;
....
Rule VII, Section 2(b), and Rule X, Section 2(a) of the Amended Rules on Employees'
Compensation provides:
RULE VII - BENEFITS
....
SECTION 2. Disability....
(b) A disability is total and permanent if as a result of the injury or sickness
the employee is unable to perform any gainful occupation for a continuous
period exceeding 120 days, except as otherwise provided for in Rule X of
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