PD 442 Article 204

Disfigurement.

Article 204

ART. 204. Disfigurement. — In case of an injury producing serious disfigurement of the face or hand, the System may, at the request of the interested party, determine and award such income benefits not exceeding twelve thousand pesos (P12,000), as may be fair and proper in view of the nature of the disfigurement. Disfigurement is separate from other permanent partial disability and includes scarring and other disfigurement consequences caused by medical, surgical and hospital treatment of the employee.

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