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59 FLRA No. 62
U. S. Dept. of Veterans Affairs W.G. "Bill" Hefner VA Medical Center Salisbury, North Carolina and AFGE, Local 1738 (Murphy, Arbitrator) 0-AR-3731 (Decided October 30, 2003)
Under § 7122(a) of the Statute, an award is deficient if it is contrary to any law, rule, or regulation; or it is deficient on other grounds similar to those applied by federal courts in private sector labor-management relations. Here, the Authority concluded that the award was not deficient on the ground raised in the exception and set forth in § 7122(a). The Authority rejected the allegation that the arbitrator exceeded his authority.