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The case involved a claim for death benefits filed by Jose B. Sarmiento following the death of his wife Flordeliza Sarmiento from cancer. The GSIS and ECC denied the claim finding her cancer was not work-related. Sarmiento appealed. The Supreme Court held that under the law, a compensable illness includes those contracted due to working conditions, even if not on the official list of occupational diseases. It remanded the case for determination of whether Flordeliza Sarmiento

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