Providing more health care coverage for disabled veterans living abroad could be a major focus of the next session of Congress.
The Complete the Mission Act serves as a focal point of debate over the size of VA and availability of community care for veteran patients.
VA care and benefits have seen signifcant growth in recent years, a trend that the outgoing secretary hopes will continue.
Department leaders had warned of funding gaps of up to $18 billion but now believe those estimates were too high.
