Coronavirus cases among VA patients are up slightly from October 2021.
Officials had hoped to start putting the system in new sites early next year, but will now wait at least six more months.
The move is part of the PACT Act, passed this summer to improve benefits for veterans dealing with those injuries.
VA leaders expressed major concerns about where the records modernization project currently stands.
The VA’s top health care post had been unfilled since early 2017.
The nomination of Ray Jefferson to serve as undersecretary for benefits had been stalled since the spring.
A move to fast-track confirmation of the president's nominee was blocked by a Republican senator on Wednesday.
The department has not had a Senate-confirmed under secretary for health in six years.
The VA Under Secretary for Health post has been vacant for more than five years.
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