My personal feeling is they will simply replace the entire component straight across and replace the case at their convenience back at the factory. Can't guarantee it of course but if this were my company that's how I'd handle these types of situations. For electronic issues I'd repair. For cosmetic, replace. Far better/smarter use of time & resources.
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