20 CFR 416.909

§ 416.909 How long the impairment must last.

United States · 20 CFR — Employees' Benefits · Status: effective

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Citation: 20 CFR 416.909, § 416.909 How long the impairment must last, United States, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/79393
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Unless your impairment is expected to result in death, it must have lasted or must be expected to last for a continuous period of at least 12 months. We call this the duration requirement.

Legislative history

This is a federal regulation, adopted through agency rulemaking under the Administrative Procedure Act — not enacted by a recorded vote of Congress.