Cigna's requirements state a BMI of 40 and above requires no co-morbidities. This is what they say......but Im wondering if they really mean it. I was tested extensively last year and everything came out normal. My BMI is now 40 on the dot. It would be horrible to go through the 6 month time frame and be denied because of such. Has anyone been approved by Cigna with no other health issues found??

I was approved by Cigna and I have no health issues. I had to show that my BMI was greater than 30something for more than 5 years. I'm sure that you will be fine, they go on your starting weight/bmi not after the 6 month supervised diet. I was banded on 12/15/11 and have lost 17lbs.

Be careful I have heard of people losing on the 6 month diet and then being disqualified...not neccessarliy Cigna though...

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I was approved by Cigna and I have no health issues. I had to show that my BMI was greater than 30something for more than 5 years. I'm sure that you will be fine, they go on your starting weight/bmi not after the 6 month supervised diet. I was banded on 12/15/11 and have lost 17lbs.

5 years? Not sure if I can even think back that far lol.

5 years? Not sure if I can even think back that far lol.

they required that I show proof that I had been overweight for more than 5 years. They wouldn't accept a pregnancy weight, not even at the beginning of my pregnancy. I hadn't been going to the doctors, but luckily I had a college physical in 1998 in which my bmi was just slightly over the 30something BMI that they required. It worked and I was approved as soon as they got that info.

they required that I show proof that I had been overweight for more than 5 years. They wouldn't accept a pregnancy weight, not even at the beginning of my pregnancy. I hadn't been going to the doctors, but luckily I had a college physical in 1998 in which my bmi was just slightly over the 30something BMI that they required. It worked and I was approved as soon as they got that info.

Good to know! I hadnt been going to the doctor either past a year or two ago. Going to have to think back to for records