Uhura: I'm a communications officer with the rank Lt Cmdr, I shouldn't have to be pointing out issues with crewmen's footwear
I blame Dax.

Curzon hitched a ride to Khitomer.
Was this a genuine screw up by Valeris, while she was trying to create a diversion and recruit conspirators to do the dirty work?
I'd say Burke and Samno planted the boots and Valeris was just playing along to distract the investigation long enough for the trail to go cold so Kirk and McCoy could be killed on Rurapenthe. Those 2 were just so inept to put the boot in the locker of someone whose foot wouldn't fit.
I always took it to be that they didn't want to implicate an innocent person.
But no evidence is given either way, so either possibility could be correct.
We are the enlisted and officers in this wardroom. We are irritated, tired and hungry. The mashed potatoes were ruined by Valeris. The credit for finding the right locker was taken by, you guessed it, Valeris. Make yourself scarce! Read the room, smirky!

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