6/30/2021
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Visual acuity with glasses OD: 20/200, OS: 20/20
Diagnosis:
Senile, mature, cataract, right
S/P Phacoemulcification with PCIOL
implantation right eye.
Lamellar Macular hole, right eye
Error of refraction
[/]Work Oriented
[ ] NOT Work Oriented
Sunlight and UV exposure
Treatment Medication:
S/P Phacoemulcification with PCIOL
implantation right eye, 23 May 2014
Approximate Period of Treatment/Prognosis and or Disability:
Disability Grade 10 for (50%) loss of vision of one eye.
Hospitalization: [ ] Needed
[/] Not Needed
Recommendation/Remarks:
Presently Visual Acuity on the right eye has improved up to 20/40 only.
Left eye is still 20/20. Although vision on the right eye has remarkably
improved, it is still inadequate for his position.[20]
Ruling of the Panel of Voluntary Arbitrators
On February 19, 2016, the Panel of Voluntary Arbitrators rendered a Decision ruling
that respondent was permanently disabled. It ruled that the Collective Bargaining
Agreement (CBA) provision containing permanent disability benefits greater than the
Philippine Overseas Employment Administration-Standard Employment Contract (POEASEC) should be applied.[21] The dispositive portion of the Decision reads:
"WHEREFORE, judgment is hereby rendered ordering respondents
Magsaysay Maritime Corporation and/or Keymax Maritime Co., Ltd. to jointly
and severally pay complainant Jose Elizalde Zanoria the following:
1) US$ 159,914 or the peso equivalent at the time of payment – by
way of full permanent disability benefits;
2) US$9,960 (2,2490 (sic) x 4 months) – by way of sickness
allowance;
3) 10% of the award by way of attorney's fees.
https://elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocsfriendly/1/66746
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