No the the part at the end is fine. If I separate the stick into three parts, with part 1 being the face plate connected to the pcb part 2 being being the part that the faceplate is bolted to and part 3 being the bottom that is screwed on to part 2, I can say that the part of the cord that looks damaged is the part of the cord which goes between stick parts 2 and 3.
Well GG has no disconnect notification but I think so.