Concerns linger over policy discussions between VA officials and three members of Trump's Mar-a-Lago golf club who have no official government posts.
New data on the homeless veterans situation is expected to be released within weeks.
The move comes as department officials work to overhaul VA's outside care programs over the next year.
Just two months into his tenure leading VA, the new secretary promised significant culture changes for the department.
The new report from Veterans Affairs researchers shows mixed results from suicide prevention initiatives.
Defense and veterans hearings on Capitol Hill for the week of Sept. 24.
Four former VA leaders are urging lawmakers to reject the plan, while former VA Secretary David Shulkin is arguing for it.
A group of 83 lawmakers petitioned the VA secretary to update department policies and allow federal dollars to cover the procedure.
Tens of thousands of cases were excluded from VA statistics about overdue cases.
The department opposes a plan that would automatically assume veterans who served on ships near Vietnam during the war were exposed to Agent Orange.
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