1/5/2021 E-Library - Information At Your Fingertips: Printer Friendly xxx xxx xxx Having extensive personal knowledge of the seafarer's actual medical condition, and having closely, meticulously and regularly monitored and treated his injury for an extended period, the company-designated physician is certainly in a better position to give a more accurate evaluation of Montierro's health condition. The disability grading given by him should therefore be given more weight than the assessment of Montierro's physician of choice. (Emphasis supplied) In fine, as between the company-designated physicians who have all the medical records of petitioner for the duration of his treatment and as against the latter's chosen physician who merely examined him for a day as an outpatient, the former's finding must prevail.[39] Lastly, there was absolutely no conclusive proof that petitioner's hypertension and coronary artery disease actually prevented him from working again as a seaman. In fact, as private respondents manifested[40] and as proved by the POEA's OFW Information,[41] TDG Crew Management Inc., for and on behalf of Dalex Shipping Company S/A, employed petitioner on board its vessel on a three (3)-month contract. This was processed on December 21, 2016. Another POEA OFW Information[42] shows that on December 1, 2017, Seacrest Maritime Management Inc., for and on behalf of Sea Vision Shipping Inc., hired petitioner as Master of its vessel on a six (6)-month contract. These clearly show that petitioner is still able to perform his usual work, notwithstanding Dr. Pascual's assessment that he was supposedly already totally and permanently disabled for sea duties. ACCORDINGLY, the petition is PARTLY GRANTED and the Decision dated February 29, 2016 and Resolution dated July 22, 2016 of the Court of Appeals in CA-G.R. SP No. 140690 are AFFIRMED with MODIFICATION. Private Respondents Anglo-Eastern Crew Management Phils., Inc. and Anglo-Eastern Crew Mgt. (Asia) Ltd. are ordered to PAY petitioner Victorino G. Ranoa the following: 1. The amount in US dollars or its Philippine Peso equivalent at the time of payment for Grade 12 disability rating in accordance with the Collective Bargaining Agreement; 2. Ten percent (10%) of the total monetary award as attorney's fees; and 3. Interest of these amounts at the rate of six percent (6%) per annum from the date of finality of this decision until fully paid.[43] SO ORDERED. Peralta, C. J., (Chairperson-First Division), J. Reyes, Jr., and Inting,* JJ., concur. https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocsfriendly/1/65965 16/19