Department leaders have used high-profile partnerships and ad campaigns to reach out to veterans perviously leery of VA programs.
The confirmation hearing had been scheduled for Tuesday morning, but will now be held next week.
VA leaders have pledged to keep services operating normally, even as several senior staffers depart office.
Gulf War veterans and Post-9/11 vets suffereing from leukemia and bladder cancer will get presumptive benefits status under a new decision by VA.
