There was a letter from some governmental agency to insurance companies indicating that if they were offering federal insurance, they could not second-guess the FDA by denying FDA-approved procedures, devices. etc.
I assume that would be relevant for your case. I'm sorry for being so vague but it's been a while since I was where you are (but lost my appeal to Health Net). I would guess that this letter was posted on this board 2-3 years ago.
I will try to locate my copy, but you may want to do a search here.
Wishing you all good luck.
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2001 MVA; C5-C6 disk extruded
ongoing physical therapy, exercise and massage
ESI's, oral prednisone, trigger point injections
foraminal and central stenosis C5/C6 and c6/C7
2007 EMG/nerve conduction shows pattern of chronic radiculopathy
January, 2008: Prestige ST Artificial Disk Replacement, C5/6
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