tricare info that everyone should know!!!!!
I just found out that the table tricare uses is the 1999 Metropolitian height and weight tables for men and women, instead of using BMI's. I called tricare and asked them to find out just what table they do use and they called me back within 15 minutes.(CAN YOU BELIEVE IT?!) Anyway... they said that frame size does matter and if you do not put that in your paperwork they automatically put it in medium frame size. although it doesn't state how to determine your frame size but my surgeons nurse said that they had asked her once before to measure someones wrist to find out their frame size. she did a search online and found a chart called clark state weight chart and it gives the guidelines for the frame sizes and how to measure them. If this info doesn't help me then I hope it helps someone else. So according to this I am small frame and I meet the weight requirements. I am trying not to get my hopes up because we are still waiting for my records from Shriners Hospital from when I was a child for my hip, and when we get that in we are going to put all that together and send it in for an appeal. Keep your fingers crossed for me. Hugs, Layla
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