Permanent Total disability.
Article 190
ART. 190. Permanent Total disability. — (a) Under such regulations as the Commission may approve, any employee under this Title who contracts sickness or sustains an injury resulting in permanent total disability shall for each month until his death but not exceeding five years be paid by the System during such disability an income benefit to be computed as follows: Forty-five per cent of the first three hundred pesos of average monthly salary credit or fraction thereof; plus Twenty-five per cent of the next three hundred pesos of average monthly salary credit or fraction thereof; plus One tenth of one per cent of the average monthly salary credit for each month of paid coverage in the System in excess of one hundred twenty months of paid coverage as of the last day of the second quarter preceding the quarter of disability: Provided, That the monthly income benefit shall not be less than forty-five pesos: Provided, further, That in no case shall the total income benefit exceed twelve thousand pesos. The monthly income benefit shall be suspended if the employee is gainfully employed or recovers from his permanent total disability or fails to present himself for examination at least once a year upon notice by the System The following disabilities shall be deemed total and permanent: Temporary total disability lasting continuously for more than one hundred twenty days Complete loss of sight of both eyes; Loss of two limbs at or above the ankle or wrist; Permanent complete paralysis of two limbs; Brain injury resulting in an incurable imbecility or insanity; and (6) Such cases as determined by the Medical Director of the System and approved by the Commission. The number of months of paid coverage shall be denned and approximated by a formula to be approved by the Commission.