The department is about 15% ahead of its claims workload pace from last summer.
Karen Brazell currently works as a senior VA advisor and would serve as the department's next Under Secretary for Benefits.
The high court ruled that limits on the government's combat-related special compensation program unfairly took away support for injured vets.
The appropriations plan would add more than $80 billion to the current VA funding level, giving the department its biggest budget ever.
