aguja vs gsis- aguja was hit with muriatic acid on the right eye when he was cleaning the

toilet in the
office of the municipal treasurer in libmanan camarines sur on april 1979. aguja then claimed for
benefits to gsis. gsis gave him temporary total disability benefits and was granted permanent partial
disability benefits for 25 months. aguja then claimed for permanent total disability since he was losing
vision in his left eye as well. gsis denied the claim stating that aguja already received the maximum
amount that could be given to him by law. gsis also stated that aguja's left eye is allegedly normal and
therefore he cannot be granted with permanent total disability benefit. sc ruled that To be entitled to an
income benefit for permanent total disability, the following conditions must be satisfied:

“Section 1. Condition of entitlement. (a) An employee shall be entitled to an income benefit for
permanent total disability if all of the following conditions are satisfied:

1) He has been duly reported to the System;

2) He sustains the permanent total disability as a result of the

injury or sickness; and

3) The System has been duly notified of the injury or sickness which caused his disability. (Sec. 1(a) Rule
XI, Amended Rules on Employees’ Compensation). aguja's left eye was found to be burned and
therefore such injury can be traced back to the accident that in april 1979. the acid blinded the right eye
and compromised the left eye. the injury to the left eye is then considered to be work related. with the
loss of his vision to the left eye it is impossible for aguja to be gainfully employed. total disability is the
disablement of an employee to earn wages in the same kind of work or a work of similar nature that he
was used to. to deny petitioner of the permanent total disability benefits would be comtrary to the
liberal construction of compassionate spirit of the law in labor code.