A gunstock deformity may occur congenitally as one grows up, or it may be acquired as a result of an accidental fracture of the arm. Or, it may occur as a side effect after arm surgery. Once your arm becomes bent, it is not easy to straighten it again. This is because cubitus varus valgus deformity is a bone deformity in which the bone is bent. As you know, bones are hard and solid and do not ch..