Citation Nr: 18150073
Decision Date: 11/14/18	Archive Date: 11/14/18

DOCKET NO. 15-22 427
DATE:	November 14, 2018
ORDER
Entitlement to service connection for tinnitus is granted.
FINDING OF FACT
The Veteran has provided competent and credible sworn testimony that he has tinnitus; that he was exposed to hazardous noise levels from loud generators and the flight line while working as a weapons mechanic therein; and that his tinnitus began in his early twenties, during service, and has persisted since. 
CONCLUSION OF LAW
The criteria for service connection for tinnitus have been met. 38 U.S.C. §§ 1110, 1112, 1113, 5107(b); 38 C.F.R. §§ 3.102, 3.303(b), 3.307, 3.309(a).
REASONS AND BASES FOR FINDING AND CONCLUSION
The appellant is a Veteran who served on active duty from January 1975 to June 1978. This matter is before the Board of Veterans’ Appeals (Board) on appeal from June 2014 rating decision. In October 2018, a videoconference hearing was held before the undersigned. For the reasons stated above, the Board grants the appeal in full, obviating the need for further substantive discussion at this time.
 
VICTORIA MOSHIASHWILI
Veterans Law Judge
Board of Veterans’ Appeals
ATTORNEY FOR THE BOARD	M. Yuan, Associate Counsel