Ramrakha, Michael

Applicant Michael Ramrakha, a CDCR correctional officer, sustained industrial injuries (coronary heart disease, hypertensive cardiovascular disease, and hematopoietic impairment) across three claims resolved in a Joint F&A dated March 10, 2020. The Board had previously issued a Decision After Reconsideration on March 29, 2023, addressing defendant's credit dispute, allowing credit in ADJ1415534 but denying it in ADJ8919366. Applicant then filed a Petition for Reconsideration under Labor Code section 5903(d), asserting newly discovered evidence that his impairment had increased since the F&A. The Board denied the petition, reasoning that an increased level of permanent disability is more akin to a petition for new and further disability and is not a proper basis to reconsider its Opinion, since the issue was not raised at trial or in a timely petition for reconsideration of the F&A.