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2011-11-23 |
DEL CASTILLO, J. |
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| Under the increased risk theory, there must be a reasonable proof that the employee's working condition increased his risk of contracting the disease, or that there is a connection between his work and the cause of the disease.[35] Only a reasonable proof of work-connection, not direct causal relation, however, is required to establish compensability of a non-occupational disease.[36] Probability, and not certainty, is the yardstick in compensation proceedings; thus, any doubt should be interpreted in favor of the employees for whom social legislations, like PD No. 626, were enacted. [37] | |||||