Sorry this may be a bit late but I went for reconsideration and was surprised that I had the face to face assessment overturned. I went through the report a few times and noted:
1. Any factual errors – There were a number.
2. Any contradictions or inconsistencies – There were a number again, including a mis-match between the assessment description and the ‘score’ awarded.
3. Any nonsensical descriptions or scores. In my case after reporting that I avoided eye contact, frequently had my eyes closed, was slow in replying and my hands shook it was then claimed I had no problem with interacting normally with people!
4. Check what ‘evidence’ the assessor had available to them – was this all the evidence that had been presented. I pointed out that either the assessor wrongly recorded the evidence that was taken into account or had ignored a couple of medical reports, a letter from my Community Psychiatric Nurse and some other reports.
If you think the assessment is wrong then do consider going down the appeals route which starts with this mandatory reconsideration. Very few have decisions overturned on this reconsideration but this allows you to go through the formal appeals process where upto 75% of applicants have the DWP decision overturned. The ministers and the DWP have produced a mess of a system which has managed to both cause massive stress to disabled people and to cost more than the system it replaced! You really shouldn’t suffer for their mistakes.