Modernize the Department of Veterans Affairs
Modernize the Department of Veterans Affairs.
Occurrences
Allow veterans to choose the doctor the doctor they want, in the community where they live.
Streamline the bureaucracy, making it easier for veterans to receive the benefits they have earned.
Evidence
Balderson's current veterans issue page says he will advocate for policies serving veterans and military families and emphasizes timely delivery of services and care, but it does not show a completed VA modernization action in the lookback window.
The House Veterans' Affairs Committee scheduled a March 18, 2026 legislative hearing that included a discussion draft 'to provide for the modernization of the electronic health record system and other health information technology activities and systems of the Department of Veterans Affairs.'
"I will continue to advocate for policies that serve our veterans and military families."
"The Subcommittee on Technology Modernization has legislative, oversight and investigative jurisdiction over Department of Veterans Affairs’ enterprise technology modernization programs and projects, including the Electronic Health Record Modernization (EHRM) program."
"The Department of Veterans Affairs has successfully deployed its Federal Electronic Health Record (EHR) at VA Saginaw Healthcare System... These launches mark the first wave of 13 planned Federal EHR deployments in 2026."
Balderson's current veterans page continues broad support language and offers VA help, but it does not show a completed VA modernization action or enacted reform.
The committee hearing included a discussion draft aimed at modernizing the VA electronic health record system and related health information technology.
Assessments
The record shows ongoing advocacy and committee activity around VA technology modernization, including a legislative hearing and discussion draft, but no completed modernization action, enacted reform, or Balderson-specific delivery of the promised outcome. That fits a serious effort without fulfillment rather than delivery or later-term completion.
The record shows some ongoing VA modernization during Balderson's time in office, especially continued electronic health record deployments and House committee work on technology modernization, so the underlying policy area has advanced. But the evidence does not show Balderson personally wrote, sponsored, or materially advanced a completed modernization measure, and his official materials mainly describe general advocacy for veterans rather than a delivered reform. Under a federal officeholder standard, that supports partial credit for limited progress in the promised area, not full delivery of the broader promise to modernize the Department of Veterans Affairs.
The record does not show Balderson personally delivering a completed modernization of the Department of Veterans Affairs. VA modernization, especially electronic health record modernization, has continued during his House service, and he has taken some related oversight/advocacy actions, including public accountability efforts and veterans-service advocacy. However, the concrete modernization activity appears mainly driven by VA and committee processes rather than by Balderson-authored or Balderson-sponsored enactment. This supports partial credit, not full delivery.