5/28/2020 E-Library - Information At Your Fingertips: Printer Friendly [19] Id. at 136-137. [20] Id. at 139-147; penned by Presiding Commissioner Lourdes C. Javier and concurred in by Commissioners Gregorio O. Bilog III and Pablo C. Espiritu, Jr. [21] Id. at 146. [22] Id. at 149-150. [23] Id. at 146. [24] Id. at 122. [25] Article 192 (c) (1) of the Labor Code states: Art. 192. Permanent total disability. – x x x (c) The following disabilities shall be deemed total and permanent: (1) Temporary total disability lasting continuously for more than one hundred twenty days, except as otherwise provided for in the Rules; xxxx Likewise, Rule X, Section 2 of the Amended Rules on Employees Compensation provides: RULE X Temporary Total Disability xxxx Sec. 2. Period of entitlement. – (a) The income benefit shall be paid beginning on the first day of such disability. If caused by an injury or sickness it shall not be paid longer than 120 consecutive days except where such injury or sickness still requires medical attendance beyond 120 days but not to exceed 240 days from onset of disability in which case benefit for temporary total disability shall be paid. However, the System may declare the total and permanent status at anytime after 120 days of continuous temporary total disability as may be warranted by the degree of actual loss or impairment of physical or mental functions as determined by the System. [26] Rollo, pp. 584-596. [27] Id. at 82. [28] Id. at 642-660. elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocsfriendly/1/56669 12/14