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Treatment OK’d for WA contractor’s war injury

The Columbian
Published: June 16, 2011, 5:00pm

SPOKANE, Wash. (AP) — A Spokane-area woman who was wounded while working in Afghanistan as a helicopter mechanic for a private contractor will receive the treatment she needs for traumatic brain injury.

The Spokesman-Review reports 40-year-old Jennifer Barcklay of Chattaroy was notified Wednesday the rehabilitation will be covered by the insurance company she has been battling for more than a year.

Barcklay has been unable to work because of seizures, memory loss, headaches and trouble balancing.

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Information from: The Spokesman-Review, http://www.spokesman.com

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