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Trial to begin in suit over man's treatment at Phoenix VA hospital

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c VETERANS ON THEIR VA HEALTH-CARE EXPERIENCES Choice Program 'helped tremendously' | 1:44 U.S. Army Reserve veteran Laura Miles talks in 2014 and 2016 about her experiences in the Phoenix-area VA health-care system. Tom Tingle/azcentral.com 2 of 5 CLOSE Skip in Skip u x Embed x Share b

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c VETERANS ON THEIR VA HEALTH-CARE EXPERIENCES 'I really just don't see much change' | 1:42 U.S. Marine Corps veteran Michael S. Woodstalks in 2014 and 2016 about his experiences in the Phoenix-area VA health-care system. Tom Tingle/azcentral.com 3 of 5 CLOSE Skip in Skip u x Embed x Share b

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c VETERANS ON THEIR VA HEALTH-CARE EXPERIENCES Veterans sound off on West Los Angeles VA Medical Center | 2:02 Veterans who use the West Los Angeles VA Medical Center talk about the pros and cons of the care they have received there. Tom Tingle/azcentral.com 4 of 5 CLOSE Skip in Skip u x Embed x Share b

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Survey results indicate Department of Veterans Affairs ranks second-last nationally in best places to work among federal agencies. (Photo: Michael Chow/The Republic)

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A trial is set to begin Monday in a lawsuit by a military veteran who alleges his now-terminal prostate cancer would have been curable had the Veterans Administration hospital in Phoenix discovered his illness sooner

Steven Cooper contends in his lawsuit that a nurse practitioner at the VA hospital should have ordered additional tests and referred him to a urologist when he had complained of health problems in 2011.

The lawsuit says Cooper's condition worsened over the next year, prompting him to return to the VA.

Eventually, a biopsy determined he had stage-four cancer.

He then went to a private doctor for treatment.

Lawyers defending the VA say the nurse practitioner's examination didn't turn up indications of cancer and that Cooper didn't complain of urinary symptoms during the appointment.

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