Submitting additional evidence for NOD

[DevilDog12]

If my NOD is in "Ready to Review" status, can I still submit additional evidence, or will it delay decision even more?

[FormerMember]

http://asknod.org/2015/02/22/cavc-birth-of-a-writ-act-iii-scene-2-the-cp-call/

[Recondo@53]

How are you filing a Writ of Mandamas? Doesn't that have to be submitted by a court of law?

[FormerMember]

An Extraordinary Writ of Mandamus must be filed with the CAVC. The best metric for filing it is if you have waited over two years for VA to accomplish something such as issuance of a SOC. The Writ usually provokes that to happen within 45 days. Of course, even if your claim has merit and should be granted, VA will issue a SOC just to get their bacon out of the fire with the CAVC. When they screw up for 21 years, a Writ is particularly effective as it was in my case.

[MarkInTexas]

Asknod,

If additional new and material medical evidence is sent to the VA after the SOC is issued, does the VA acknowledge that the review process has begun anew?  Or does it sit shelved until somebody pulls it down to start prepping it for the BVA appeal, and then new evidence gets noted?

I'm not sure how that works.  Thanks!

Mark