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The VA Is Testing an Implant That Could Allow Paralyzed Veterans to Walk Again
The VA Is Testing an Implant That Could Allow Paralyzed Veterans to Walk Again
Good News Notes: “Five years ago, Marine Lance Cpl. Joshua Burch became the first paralyzed service member to walk to his own promotion ceremony, wearing an exoskeleton that helped him walk and stand to receive his corporal chevrons. Now medically retired, Burch, 26, hopes again to be a trailblazer — the first Department of Veterans Affairs patient to regain function in his lower body — to…
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