6/5/2020 E-Library - Information At Your Fingertips: Printer Friendly reimbursement of medical and transportation expenses.[42] The 2000 POEA SEC defines work-related illness as “any sickness resulting to disability or death as a result of an occupational disease listed under Section 32-A of this contract with the conditions set therein satisfied.”[43] The facts of this case indicate that the physician in Barbados diagnosed Eduardo with hypertension.[44] He underwent 2D echocardiogram at the Lucena United Doctors Hospital, and the results were interpreted by Dr. Olitoquit as normal.[45] When Eduardo was examined by the company-designated physician, he admitted that he had been suffering from diabetes mellitus and hypertension since the 1990s.[46] This shows that his illness was pre-existing. His cause of death was cardiopulmonary arrest. [47] The 2000 POEA SEC recognizes that the list of illnesses under Section 32 is not exhaustive. In Sea Power Shipping Enterprises, Inc. v. Salazar,[48] this court explained that: [u]nlike Section 20(A), Section 32-A of the POEA Contract considers the possibility of compensation for the death of the seafarer occurring after the termination of the employment contract on account of a work-related illness. But, for death under this provision to be compensable, the claimant must fulfill the following: 1. The seafarer’s work must involve the risks describe herein; 2. The disease was contracted as a result of the seafarer’s exposure to the described risks; 3. The disease was contracted within a period of exposure and under such other factors necessary to contract it; 4. There was no notorious negligence on the part of the seafarer.[49] Magsaysay Maritime Services v. Laurel[50] also recognized that the nature of employment can possibly aggravate a pre-existing illness. However, the causation between the nature of employment and the aggravation of the illness must still be proven before compensation may be granted. Settled is the rule that for illness to be compensable, it is not necessary that the nature of the employment be the sole and only reason for the illness suffered by the seafarer. It is sufficient that there is a reasonable linkage between the disease suffered by the employee and his work to lead a rational mind to conclude that his work may have contributed to the elibrary.judiciary.gov.ph/thebookshelf/showdocsfriendly/1/59159 6/12