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the right to assistance when he found
himself unemployed after a deploy-
ment to Iraq. A sergeant in the Army
Shenandoah County’s only
Reserve, he served in Iraq from Au-
continuing care retirement community.
gust 2006 to September 2007. He
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at Fort Dix, N.J., he was ready to
return to work in October 2008, but
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without accommodation because he
could not lift heavy objects. Because
the city expected him to come back
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