Possible gear damage

[xtcommuter]

Hi all this is a bit of a throw it out there one.
Someone decided he would like my XT and because, in the process of taking it away he managed to drop it several times most of the damage was superficial its gone through the insurance and they have decided it is a write off The reason being they have done a superficial inspection and cannot guarantee that their is no fork or frame damage.
I decided rightly or wrongly to accept their offer but given the opportunity would consider buying back.
I noted at the time that the gear lever was mangled my main question is, is their likely to be any damage to the internal gears or would I be safe to assume it is just a bent gear lever unfortunately I am not able to inspect the bike now. I do know that it was out of gear when picked up but went back into gear with clutch in, can't tell you much more really.
If its not viable I will have to look out for another XT.
Any thoughts welcome.
Thanks Ian