On August 22, 1960 decedent sustained a compensable back injury. On February 16, 1965 he committed suicide by taking an overdose of seconal tablets. Appellant sought to link the suicide to the prior accidental injury but the board rejected this contention finding that his committing suicide was "a wilful conscious act" and that there was no causal relationship established between the suicide and the prior accident. We find present no more than a divergence of medical opinion...
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