Back light won't wake up

A few weeks ago my cat knocked my tablet onto the floor. Immediately after, the bottom left of the screen was dark, almost like the corner wasn't lit up.

I pressed the power button, and turned the tablet back on, and the screen stayed black. The home and back buttons both lit up fine. I messed around with it for a while, I thought the screen was right buggered, but in a darkish room, I noticed that the screen was still on, and I could barely make out the screen, so I managed to power off the tablet. The back light did not power back on.

I watched a video on taking the device apart and noticed where the ribbons for the screen are located, I tried just pressing on that location to maybe "plug it back in". This worked intermittently. It would enable me to use the tablet normally for a while. After which the back pressure worked again for a while. However lately, the trick isn't working, and the tablet only works from a power cycle. Putting it to sleep only resorts in a black screen when I try and wake it up.

I'm curious what could be the problem here. A loose connection to the back light should be something that happens regardless of if the tablet is woken up from sleep or a power cycle. Is the screen just Booked? Could the ribbon be partially connected and not relaying the wakeup Signal? I'm at a loss.