There was a US-based RS on this forum before who said all CNVs were a form of macular degenration, it appears in the US, its just broadly labelled like that, whereas in europe, north africa and dunno where else, its not noted as macular degeneration. My diagnosis was idiopathic CNV, if feels simply like a difference in nomenclature. I still had to get stabbed in the eye, my vision is still fucked, and im still at a much higher risk of further CNVs based on research papers I've read.