1098-E Help

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I have a question that can save get me an extra $200 more on my return.
During the tax year of 2004, I started paying my student loan that I
had put on deferment from 2001-2003. Now, I started paying off my loan
for over 6 months and decided to consolidate so I can lock in the
interest rate.

Now what confuses me is that there were two 1098-E forms on my loan
account online. One for 2002, 2003, and 2004. The 2003 1098-E form is
greater than the 2004 1098-E form and makes a difference of $200 back
in fed return if I file one or the other. My question and confusion
is, why did I get a 1098-E form for 2003 when I never made any
payments? Would it hurt it to file that instead since there's more I
can deduct off of that or am I stuck with the 2004 fiscal year and lose
out the extra cash?