Legal analysis: It is not necessary to hire a lawyer for a disability appraisal. The disability appraisal can be entrusted to a judicial appraisal institution, or it can be entrusted by the court to a judicial appraisal institution. Lawyers are only entrusted by the client to handle the disability appraisal procedures.
Legal basis: "Article 120 of the National Criminal Procedure Law of the People's Republic of China and the National Criminal Procedure Law stipulates that when conducting an appraisal, the appraiser shall write down the appraisal conclusion and sign it. Persons who need to be re-authenticated Medical appraisal or psychiatric medical appraisal for damage compensation disputes shall be conducted by a hospital designated by the provincial people's government. The appraisal conclusion shall be written and signed by the hospital. If the appraiser intentionally makes a false appraisal, he shall bear legal liability.