GSIS LAW (RA. 8291)
Petitioner filed the instant petition contending that respondent's illnesses, hypertension and Glaucoma, not being work-connected, cannot entitle her to disability retirement benefit. The SC however ruled that hypertension is a listed occupational disease, such being the case it is not necessary that there be proof of causal relation between the work and the illness which resulted in the respondent's disability. The open-ended Table of Occupational Diseases requires no proof of causation. In general, a covered claimant suffering from an occupational disease is automatically paid benefits. As to her glaucoma, the SC ruled that since there appears to be a link between blood pressure and the development of glaucoma, the Court concluded that respondent's glaucoma developed as a result of her hypertension. Such being the case, the latter is likewise compensable under the New GSIS Act.
[2014V1032] GOVERNMENT SERVICE INSURANCE SYSTEM vs. AURELIA Y. CALUMPIANO, G.R. No. 196102, November 26, 2014, J. Del Castillo
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