Claim of Veeder v. New York State Police Department

Appeal from a decision of the Workers’ Compensation Board, filed December 2, 2011, which ruled that decedent’s death did not arise out of and in the course of his employment and denied claimant’s application for workers’ compensation death benefits.

The underlying facts are set out more fully in our prior decision in this matter (86 AD3d 762 [2011]). Briefly, decedent became depressed and committed suicide shortly after the employer began investigating inconsistencies in fiber proficiency tests performed by him. Claimant, his wife, submitted an application for workers’ compensation death…