What I don't understand is that you are asking if your bengal isn't 100% right, but then you went to the vet who told you that your bengal wasn't right (in pain, with hip problem). So I don't understand what the mystery or confusion is.
The hip problem totally explains it imo. Your bengal is hurting, and when he knows he is not 100% (the hip hurts), and knows that he is not up to the usual rough-housing that he would usually enjoy, so he is saying "back off, leave me along now, I need to get better" to the other cat. If your vet is correct, and let's assume he is, then the actual problem is that your other cat isn't picking up on that cue, and respecting it, and is continuing to rough house. What you would hope would happen is that when the non-hurt cat approaches the hurt one, the hurt one would give a big menacing hiss and growl, and the other one would back down "ok, ok, I hear ya, I won't bother you now, I'll try back later" kind of thing.
A similar, but slightly different interpretation is that it's a territorial thing. The hurt cat had established some "ownership" of various things/places, and now that is being challenged. That does happen when a former "alpha" can no longer defend the territory that he had, in moments of weakness, that territory gets challenged. He essentially says "I'm still tough, don't mess with me or I'll put a whoopin on you" and the other cat either backs down or says back "No, I don't think you are, and I'm going to find out". And of course it compounds that when your cat comes back smelling like the vet. Many times that can be very upsetting since cats rely so much on their sense of smell.
You should be able to figure out what the deal is through careful observation of how (as well as where) these disputes "go down". Which cat is doing what, what is the trigger, what are the two cat's reactions etc.
Either way, the solution may be that you have to separate them for awhile. Until your cat's hip problem improves, and also the smell of the vet goes away a bit.
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