Lt. Gen. Michael Borgschulte replaces Vice Adm. Yvette Davids, who is moving to a new post at the Pentagon.
The incoming VA Inspector General, Cheryl Mason, worked for several months alongside the senior VA leaders she will now be charged with investigating.
Congressional leaders are already starting to trade blame for a government shutdown, two months before the funding deadline.
Both the House and Senate Armed Services Committees have now approved their initial drafts of the annual defense authorization bill.
