. >> susan and allen hoffman were happily married for 43 years, but navy veteran was living in pain. >> he had an enlarged prostate and they just kept saying, "it's not a problem,", you know, whatever. and then it started to get worse. >> reporter: he was scheduled to see a specialist in may 2013, but she says that didn't happen. >> she said, "no, you're here just fair consult. you have to understand people have cancer and he doesn't so...." >> reporter: and then you were escorted out the door pretty much. >> i think we were there 15 minutes. >> reporter: allen hoffman was diagnosed with stage four prostate cancer. 43% of the 225 patients who died between 2014 and august 2015 pe los angeles v.a. were waiting for appointments or needed tests they never got, ago the report does not conclude these patients died as a result of delayed consults. >> the number of patients waiting f and the wait lists were much more significant here than at phoenix. >> reporter: dr dr. christian head is a surgeon at the l.a. v.a., he said 140 patient consults were deliberately deleted. >> i firstinoid an un