Prescriptive Period in the Evaluation of EC Claims Due to Sickness of Uniformed Personnel

April 28, 2014ECC CIRCULAR NO. 04-007PRESCRIPTIVE PERIOD IN THE EVALUATION OF EC CLAIMS DUE TO SICKNESS OF UNIFORMED PERSONNELIn accordance with Art. 201 of P.D. No. 626, as amended, Board Resolution (BR) No. 11-04-10 ("Setting the Reckoning Period Date of the Three-Year Prescriptive Period in the Evaluation of EC Claims for PTD," dated April 28, 2011) and BR No. 14-03-09 ("Setting the Reckoning Date for the Three-Year Prescriptive Period in the Evaluation of Claims for TTD Due to Sickness", dated March 25, 2014), the following guidelines on prescriptive period in the evaluation of EC claims due to sickness of uniformed personnel is hereby issued, as supplement to Circular No. 13-807-A ("Membership of AFP and PNP under the ECP, dated Aug. 7, 2013): 1. On Active Duty In case of multiple confinements for the same illness, the three-year prescriptive period shall be counted from the time the uniformed personnel was last confined in a hospital or from the time he/she was temporarily unable to report for active duty due to the said illness, whichever is applicable. ...