definiens: means the following diseases : Wet Age - related Macular Degeneration ; Dry Age - related Macular Degen eration ; Posterior uveitis ( chorioentinitis ) ; Retinitis Pigmentosa ; Retinal Ve in Occlusion ; Retinal detachment ; Retinal Artery Occlusion ; Proliferative diabetic retinopathy ; Post - operative inflammation ; Persistant Macular Ede ma ; Neovascular diseases involving the retina or uveal tract such as neovasc ular glaucoma, neovascularization following a combined vitrectomy and lensectomy, neovascularization of the optic nerve, and neovascu larization due to penetration of the eye or contusive ocular injury ; Inflammation due to ocular trauma ; Open - angle glaucoma ; Closed - angle glaucoma ; Exudati ve macular edema ; Diabetic Retinopathy ; Diabetic Macular Edema ; Cystoid macula r edema ; Chronic posterior uveitis ; Allograft rejection ; Behcet 's syndrome ; Ch orioiditis ; Crystalline retinopathy ; Optic neurtitis ; Proliferative sickle cell retinopathy ; Proliferative vitreoretinopathy ; Retinopathy of pre maturity ; Vitreitis ; Temporal arteritis ; Xxxxx ' Dystrophy ; Dacryocystitis ; Giant cell arteritis ; Sympathetic ophthalmia ; Pars planitis ; Pan Uveitis ; and all oth er similar diseases as agreed to by the Joint Steering Committee