If you have any questions on filing for property tax exemptions, please contact our office at 813-272-6100. Obtaining a veterans exemption is not automatic – If you're an eligible veteran, you must submit the initial exemption application form to your assessor.Disabled veteran discount, 65 or older. Service-connected totally and permanently disabled veteran or veteran's surviving spouse. Hillsborough County Property Appraiser Resources. An accurately completed form HSMV 82002, Initial Registration Fee Exemption Affidavit. You must complete a Veterans Exemption Application and show proof that your previous residence was granted the exemption. I am the surviving spouse of either a disabled veteran or a servicemember who met the conditions in the description above.