20 C.F.R. § 404.1509 How long the impairment must last.
Title 20 - Employees' Benefits
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.
Title 20: Employees' Benefits
PART 404—FEDERAL OLD-AGE, SURVIVORS AND DISABILITY INSURANCE (1950– )
Subpart P—Determining Disability and Blindness
Definition of Disability
§ 404.1509 How long the impairment must last.