Optimising CTE for recursive queries?

In your anchor condition you have Where IsNull(MemberId,0) = IsNull(@MemberId,0) I assume this is just because when you pass NULL as a parameter doesn't work in terms of bringing back IS NULL values. This will cause a scan rather than a seek.

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