LOUISVILLE, Ky., Sept. 8, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- In early December 2013, Ervin L. Lachalmelle, Jr., then age 54, visited the Robley Rex VA Medical Center with low back and flank pain. He had his blood tested, and his prostate-specific antigen ("PSA") level, a compound which can indicate prostate cancer, measured 2.13 ng/mL (normal limits range from 0 – 4 ng/mL).
Later in December 2013 and November 2014, Mr. Lachalmelle returned to the VA where the doctor again tested his PSA levels. His resulting numbers were 1.80 and 2.10.
In November 2015, Mr. Lachalmelle presented to the VA with a fever and productive cough.[5] His doctor, who ordered the PSA checks in 2013 and 2014, ordered a chest x-ray, but did not order a PSA check or perform a rectal exam.
In February 2016, Mr. Lachalmelle returned to the VA Medical Center, and his doctor ordered blood tests. His PSA was above normal limits. Again, however, the physician did not perform a rectal exam or refer Mr. Lachalmelle to a urologist.
In March 2016, Mr. Lachalmelle's PSA was still outside the normal range. The physician's plan was to check Mr. Lachalmelle's PSA again at his next visit. The note from this visit contains no mention of possibly referring Mr. Lachalmelle to a urologist.
Just over a year later in March 2017, Mr. Lachalmelle returned to the same doctor at the VA with various complaints. The doctor did not order another PSA check, despite his note from 2016 indicating a PSA level outside the normal range.
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